[MOSAIC] quick strategy share

[Kukonis at aol.com]

Hi all!
After all the talk about teaching strategies in isolation etc. I paid  
particular attention to my presentation sequence and have found that this  
integration has worked quite well for first graders. We have just finished most  of our 
work with connections and are working towards other strategies. I have  
chosen questioning as the next progression. As kids learned how thick and thin  
questions help readers comprehend more -we made the following points... After  
the question was asked, we predicted answers (inferences) which depended heavily 
 on what we observed in the text (MENTAL IMAGES) then checked OUR ANSWERS 
with  information presented in the text and finally confirmed or modified our 
original  connections. Even though we have not poured over any strategy except 
for  connections... the STRAEGY anchor chart ideas of how? when?and why MAKES  
MORE SENSE LIKE THIS. I found my teaching more  connected to thinking and  less 
to a particular strategy lesson for an interactive read aloud.  Although I 
DEFINATELY PLAN TO   do each unit as thoroughly as I  did connections PAIRING 
ALL OF THEM with read alouds and gradually releasing  responsibility to them , 
this overall big picture has a more natural feel which  I think leads to faster 
independence.