[MOSAIC] quick strategy share

[Michelle Smith]

What read alouds are you using in first grade for questioning?
Thanks
Michelle
On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Kukonis at aol.com wrote:

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.
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