[MOSAIC] Nancy Atwell

[BilsCntsa at aol.com]

I have not read Atwell's book....however, this seems to be the approach I  
abandoned when I found MOT and others. So, I can only speak from experience.  
There are times when students need to be just lost in the "zone", and there are  
times when I need to read aloud just to read aloud. However, when I look at 
the  success with teaching them how to think, using some of my read aloud to  
specifically teach that and some of their reading to practice it, I can not  
abandon it. It works, and it is that simple. Like we have heard in the past,  
comprehension is not caught, it truly does need to be taught. 
Terry/Fl



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