[MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks

[ljackson]

I see commercials for books these days, so to me integrating communication
skills through the use of technology seems authentic.


On 2/1/07 11:38 PM, "Kukonis at aol.com" <Kukonis at aol.com> wrote:

> Just a ghost from the past... but in reading all of your posts and trying  to
> implement the best of the best in my own practice I can't help but think that
>  responding to text has got to be more than a written response. ...
> especially in  primary. Turn and talk is good but it takes quite a bit of
> structure and 
>  practice for kids to expand their thinking this way since often little ones
> only  concentrate on what they want to say and even though they give nod to
> the  speaker .... their thoughts are still mostly on their response.
>  
> A better activity of turn and talk is in Debbie Miller's  "Ducks  at Night"
> activity for mental images.  This activity keeps  the  kids focused on their
> partner's response because they are looking for something  to add to their
> personal t-chart picture after the book talk is over. I think  the structure
> has to 
> be built in to the activity for kids to really get the  subtle message: Your
> thinking expands, modifies or is confirmed when shared with  others.
>  
> In the same respect, written response is not an authentic response to
> reading unless writing to the author or having an online book chat. Rather
> play  
> acting, painting, building, singing, this is the medium that I want to grow
> the  
> strategies in..... who has suggestions????
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