[MOSAIC] Monitoring meaning

[Susan Walters]

I have a question...During guided reading, after kids have fininshed their 
work (lit log, Dol,cursive)  they get to free read.  I have them practicing 
poems, reading magazines, reading anything they want in the classroom.  I 
know have walkmen for every student and they all choose to do this.  I 
figure it is good modeling for fluency and they can hear higher level books. 
I am just unsure if I should alternate so they are also practicing.  Of 
course they have another independent reading time in just right books and 
this time might be a total of 20 minutes.  Opinions???
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gina nunley" <gina_nunley at hotmail.com>
To: <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Monitoring meaning



Janelle, As far as lessons on monitoring meaning I have a simple thing I do. 
We will read one page of a challenging text whole class or small group and I 
asked them to pay attention as they read and notice

Does it click or does it clunk?
Use your strategies to fix it up.


then I excitedly ask after they read "Who had a clunk..."  The kids get into 
it and then I ask how they fixed it up.  If it is still a clunk the rest of 
the group suggests a fix up strategy.
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