[MOSAIC] teaching strategies/text

[Lisa Szyska]

Lots of times, I prefer to use whatever books that go
with the content or theme that I am teaching.  For
example, I am teaching Determining Importance using
the Toolkit, and for the first lesson, I am
substituting a book about the westward movement.  This
way, I am not only teaching the strategy, but am also
building background knowledge for our unit.  I will
still probably use Now Let Me Fly, b/c I really like
the story and so do the kids, but I find it very easy
to use any quality text w/the toolkit.

Lisa
2/3 IL :o)
--- Angela Almond <Angela_Almond at scs.k12.nc.us> wrote:

> I am in the same boat.  I have been using the
> materials from the
> Comprehension Toolkit for several years in fourth
> grade and this year
> third grade started using the exact same materials. 
> I don't have a
> problem with reteaching the exact same strategies
> because they will
> inevitably dig deeper into them from year to year. 
> My problem is that now
> I have to go and locate new material next year
> because I don't want the
> kids using the same things to practice their
> strategies with each year. 
> Our literacy facilitator finally stepped in right
> before Christmas and
> told them to find different material because most of
> what is in the
> Toolkit is too difficult for the third graders.  She
> also ordered fourth
> grade a subscription to National Geographic for Kids
> so I can use them
> next year.  Is anyone else running into this problem
> or is it just me
> being too territorial?
> 
> "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies
> Listserv"
> <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> on Thursday, January
> 11, 2007 at 9:23 AM
> -0500 wrote:
> >Once again our staff met to share lessons and
> activities that we use 
> >while teaching the reading strategies. A new
> strategey is introduced 
> >monthly. And once again several grade levels are
> using the same 
> >materials and books to teach the strategies during
> guided reading. How 
> >do you handle this situation? I believe that each
> year we should be 
> >"digging a little deeper" while teaching the
> strategies, not reteaching 
> >something that the kids learned the year before.
> How can we change this 
> >practice....we have to make our teaching better for
> our students if we 
> >want to help them become successful readers. Thank
> you.
> 
> 
> 
> Angela Hatley Almond
> Fourth Grade
> East Albemarle Elementary School
> 
> 
> 
> 
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