[MOSAIC] Comprehension strategies and Harcourt

[Bonita DeAmicis]

---- MamaAbs at aol.com wrote: 
> I teach gifted 5th graders, but have taught regular 3rd through 5th as well  
> as gifted 3rd through 5th.  Having my reading endorsement, I too am  surprised 
> by the word callers at the beginning of the year.  This year I  was 
> especially surprised because my class did not seem to think that  comprehension was 
> important.  Can you imagine? 

It is my theory (totally unproven) that the trend toward testing and basals has hurried our students into fluent reading (ie word calling)  at the expense of comprehension.  The problem of students who can sound out, read smoothly, and have no clue what it means, has grown in recent years at the upper grades.  I look forward to a return to balance...

:)Bonita