[MOSAIC] Question about Reading Comp Strategies

[K Dombroske]

Hi.  I am new to the site and am just overwhelmed, in a good way, with all the resources this site has to offer.  I am a 2nd yr teacher and am working toward my Masters' in Literacy K-6.  While somewhat familiar with Mosaic of Thought from previous grad classes, I've never read the book cover to cover.  I am trying to get a copy of it at school, but in the meantime I wanted to get some clarification.  In my class I use the "7 Keys to Comprehension": Visualization, Making Connections, Questioning, Drawing Inferences, Determining Importance, Synthesizing and Fix-Up Strategies.  Are these the same as the ones used from Mosaic?  If so I'm looking or more info on synthesizing-is this  when a student can use all of these strategies and know when and why to use them?  As far as Fix-Up strategies, are these things like rereading, skipping a word, using context clues, etc?  Thanks for sharing.   ~Kecia, 6th gr.