[MOSAIC] what good readers do

[sheila eisen]

I'm going to have a large picture of the ocean, with a person swimming or snorkling on top (skimming) and then a deep sea diver.  This will show my students that there's a time and place for different types of reading.

Another thing I do with my students is to show them that they're doing what "deep" readers do.  I take everyone's picture the first day of school, laminate it,and tape a magnetic square on the back.  Then, on my metal heater, I have 8x11 pieces of paper with various reading strategies, like "put a picture in your head" "make a connection" "look for a little word inside" and others.  As a child is reading and does one of these strategies, I have him/her move his picture to the strategy he just used.  This metacognition is very important, and now I have other students noticing when someone uses reading strategies.  A child can only move once during the 30-minute period they're in my room, otherwise I'd have kids moving all over the place.  This little extra movement also helps get some of the wiggles out of some students!  


--- On Sun, 1/20/08, Patricia Kimathi <pkimathi at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Patricia Kimathi <pkimathi at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] what good readers do
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008, 5:19 PM
> Debra
> I love this.  Did he say anything else that you can share. 
> I am  
> changing everything that says Good Readers to Deep Readers
> on Tuesday.
> Pat K