[MOSAIC] strategies and comprehension

[Laura Cannon]

I completely agree with explicit teaching--I'm just not sure assessment of
the strategy needs to follow that teaching.  
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I tend to agree with you Laura.... however, in the primary grades I can see

both sides of this coin. 
There really is a need to know if a little kid understands the workings of
a 
strategy before they can use it to "work" the text. I think Debbie Miller 
does  an excellent job with this when she shares her anchor charts: why
would a 
reader  do this strategy, how does a reader do this strategy, when does a 
reader do this  strategy. That explicitly explains to inexperienced readers
the 
purpose and  need for the strategy and ultimately gives them an explicit
model to 
 follow... not just with a particular text but with all texts.
Pam 



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