[MOSAIC] MOSAIC ( Past Discussions and Website)

[Linda Buice]

Hi Julianne and Robin,

For Julianne - the past discussions are in the archives, I happened to have saved it and I believe it was in October:

The Pizza lesson is a follow up to the salad lesson described in Tanny  
McGregor's book called Comprehension Directions. What I did to make the pizzas  was 
copy some poems on deep orange copy paper (any poem will do...but  I used 
Ripped My Favorite T-Shirt from the book Take Me Out of the Bathtub, one  called 
Dr. Womback's Needle by Brod Baggert and let the kids choose the one they  had 
the most interest in)  
 
I had tan poster paper cut into big circles for the pizza crust and gave  the 
kids yellow sticky notes to record their thinking. I reminded them that  real 
reading required both text and thinking and that as they read each  stanza of 
their poem, they were to cut it out and paste it on the pizza  (representing 
the sauce). Then they wrote their thinking on sticky notes and put  them on as 
cheese. Finally, I asked them to tell what they learned about real  reading 
and write that on little red circles (the pepperoni).  
 
The final results were not only cute but I could really see who  understood 
that real reading required thinking and text! 
Jennifer  Just go to the archives - http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive


For Robin,

I believe what you want is at the Busy Teacher's Cafe:


http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/comprehension_strategies.htm

and the posters:http://www.teachingheart.net/comprehe.html

That should help you both.

Linda B






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