[MOSAIC] Not enough time!

[Jenniffer Benedetto]

I completely agree with you on this.  We have to model the strategies to our 
students in order for them to have severasl tools/ strategies to choose 
from. If I tried to teach these as a separate entity in my inclusive 
classrooms, it would take half of the block up.  If it's a bad day- the 
entire block.

Jen
 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kimberlee hannan" <mrshannan6th at gmail.com>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" 
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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Not enough time!


>I am noticing that you are talking about the strategies as if they are a
> separate curriculum area.  They aren't.  They should be used as a part of
> whatever you are teaching. I was locked into Houghten Mifflin when I was 
> in
> elementary.  I made the strategies the focus of any reading we did.  The
> strategies are mirrored through any grade level standards, too.
>
> As an expert reader I demonstrated the strategies no matter what I was
> reading, history, science etc.  They aren't something you "fit in..."  You
> really don't need special texts to teach them.  Although some texts may 
> lend
> themselves to demo a certain strategy better than another, if they can't 
> be
> used with any text you are reading, they are a waste of time.
>
> I notice that many teachers talk like this.  The strategies are a tool for
> making meaning out of text.  I hear some teachers refusing to teach them,
> because of this misconception.
>
> Kim
>
>
> -- 
> Kimberlee Hannan
> Department Chair
> Sequoia Middle School
> Fresno, CA
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