[MOSAIC] what good readers do

[Rebecca Young]

This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to share it with  
some of my colleagues who teach in the lower grades.
Rebecca
On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:14 PM, sheila eisen wrote:

> 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
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