[MOSAIC] quick strategy share

[Linda Buice]

Hi,

I wondered if you could explain what a four blocks lesson called (Guess yes 
or no) is exactly.  It seems very interesting.

Linda
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> My usual approach is to use the texts listed in Debbie Miller for
> questioning but after attending a workshop by Linda Hoyt I have decided to 
> use  more
> nonfiction texts. That way they can sketch to stretch their mental images 
> and
> actually be accountable for understanding the text rather than having to
> consider that their picture is open to interpretation of the author's 
> words. It
> also makes sense in terms of their connections because they can much more 
> easily
> modify or confirm their connections. Again, often though certainly not
> always,  fiction connections and inferences are open to opinion about the 
> author's
> words  rather than fact.
>
> For example, we are studying the moon, sun, and stars. My interactive read
> aloud very definitely implants certain visual images that are 
> substantiated by
> the text: moon surface, orbit, phases etc. The kids can check how deep 
> they
> are  thinking about the words by evaluating the details of their sketches.
>
> The Moon by Gail Gibbons
> So that's how the moon changes shape   both good choices for  mental 
> images
> and connections
>
>
> Experiments with the sun and the moon (great for inferences)
>
> Though any book works with any strategy.
>
> I love doing a four blocks lesson called (Guess yes or no) as an
> anticipatory set for their connections. Moves the whole K-W-L along.
>
> I also love doing a four blocks game called rivet with inferences .
>
> Yeah... I like thinking more in terms of an umbrella of ideas from one
> reading.
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