[MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power

[Tammy Corness]

Hi,

Reading Power is a wonderful book.  It was written by a teacher in the 
Vancouver, British Columbia school district and it really helps to make 
the strategies more concrete for the kids.  Adrienne Greer came to speak 
at our Primary Teachers meeting a few months ago, and she's coming back 
in March.  She is a wonderful speaker!  Her book has a great list of 
books for teaching each strategy and gives you lots of insight into how 
introduce each strategy, how to do the think alouds, and how to get the 
kids to practice using the strategy on their own.  She has also created 
her own set of posters which I bought at the workshop.  It is a head and 
shoulders drawing of a boy or a girl, and then she has puzzle pieces 
which fit inside the brain of the child - labeled with each of these 
strategies.  This poster shows the kids that they should have a "busy 
brain" while they are reading.  I introduced the poster and the various 
strategies, and the kids started getting it right away, without much 
more than the introduction.  We are now talking about our read alouds 
and other reading like never before, which so much more depth and 
meaning.  It's really exciting.  I definitely recommend this book - 
inexpensive, easy to read, and fun to use with the kids!

Tammy
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Jennifer Benbrook wrote:

>Thank you!! (o:  I thought so!!  The last 2 posts said Power Reading and I kept finding books on speed reading...LOL  That is the LAST thing they need!! 
>  Thanks
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>Julie Santello <jsantel1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>  It is Reading Power
>Julie
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>On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jennifer Benbrook wrote:
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>>Is it "Power Reading" or "Reading Power? I can;t find Power 
>>reading--but I found the other-
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>>"Bagwell, Debbie" wrote: I stumbled 
>>across Power Reading and love it. It has graphic organizers with 
>>depth for upper grades. We started a school reading campaign 
>>similar to what this book advocates accenting 1 strategy a month 
>>involving k-5. We began purchasing 1 picture book each month and 
>>giving it to each teacher to use along with the strategy for the 
>>month. We make it a big deal to unveil the book as a surprise each 
>>month along with lessons & organizers for that strategy. The 
>>teachers love the free book.
>>
>>Debbie Bagwell
>>Instructional Coach
>>Flowery Branch, Ga.
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>>Has anyone checked out the new Stenhouse book, Power Reading? It is 
>>for K-3 and I have started making grade-level book bins for the 
>>strategy work involved. They use five startegies, which I think is 
>>a goodk-2 start and then go into the Toolkit. Has anyone used this? 
>>I bought a bunch if the books for my teachers.
>>
>>Claudine DiMuzio
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