[MOSAIC] Fw: Tanny's Book

[Joanne Stano]

I love using the ideas in her book.  I taught 2nd last year and moved to 3rd this year.  I have 9 of my former students and 16 new students.  We have completed the lessons on schema.  They have been a great review for my former students and my new students are getting a hands on introduction.

We did the reading salad and vein diagram.

The thought Bubble was great!  I involved some of my former students in the class to demonstrate my thinking as I read.  They did an excellent job and I got a good idea of what they thought and what their thinking was. I put a stick at each spot I want wanted to stop and think and they used their own words at each spot.

Lint roller- I demonstrated my thinking with the roller and then divided my class into small groups with a lint roller in each group.  The student then made their own schema strips and rolled away.  They got to know each other a little better and have a concrete way to show their schema.  They then took the schema sheet home and explained it to their parents.

One Minute- I used Cedar Point (an amusement park most of my students visit each summer) and Tudela ( a city in Spain I visited) WOW! was that powerful.  The class shouted ideas at me for Cedar Point and were silent at Tudela except for trying to sound out the word.  We now have a great visual for schema at home and at school.

To continue with schema next week we will use Read, Write, Think from STW with Stellaluna and begin looking at nonfiction conventions.

I am enjoying trying the new ideas and I look forward to the classes reactions each day.  Thank you Tanny for a wonderful resource.

Joanne/Ohio/3rd