[MOSAIC] :Louisa Moats - What does Ellin think about this?

[Kelley Carroll]

I'd love to know what Ellin Keene would say about this.  From the few parts 
I skimmed, it seemed like the author was bashing comprehension strategy (the 
focus of this list serve) teaching as well as Four Blocks and Reading 
Recovery.  The author says that teachers like us don't do "explicit 
teaching"  when we do lessons through read alouds (aka think alouds).  She 
says that teacher modeling is most effective, but isn't that what we do with 
our think alouds?  How much more explicit teacher modeling can you get when 
you are giving children a window into what you're thinking and showing them 
how to think for themselves?

I also found this article offensive since it's touting a few "reading 
programs" (McGraw Hill for example) as if they are better than all of the 
countless hours of research and creative solutions I've tried to better my 
students' reading.  I'd rather use my brain and intelligently choose 
resources to fit students' needs than to have a "program" do the thinking 
for me.

Here's to hoping my rant just made sense. . .
Kelley/2/IN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BETH ROTH" <BROTH at greenville.k12.oh.us>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" 
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Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] :Louisa Moats


I'm confused.  What does contributing to a political party have to do with 
reading programs?

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From: mosaic-bounces at literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Lise
Sent: Thu 2/8/2007 10:32 PM
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] :Louisa Moats



I am suspicious of anything that's supported by Chester Finn and the Fordham
Foundation
SRA/McGraw-Hill's Open Court, Harcourt's Trophies, and Scott Foresman's
Reading Street are all huge donors to the Republican party.
You can draw your own conclusions.



Lise


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