[MOSAIC] Your reading and writing practices and learning experiences

[Renee]

Best Practices:

- doing what children need, not what a program says.
- keeping meaning/comprehension at the forefront
- reading to and with children
- integrating writing with reading
- considering alternate forms of literacy (critical literacy,  
mathematical literacy, visual literacy)
- allowing children's needs and interests to influence instruction
- knowing why you are doing what you are doing at all times

Those are just off the top of my head.

I don't worry whether or not something is "supported by research"  
because I have little regard for most education research  
statistics/generalizations unless I know what the design of the  
research looked like in the first place. :-)

Renee

On Apr 30, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Maureen wrote:

> I am curious how literacy teachers K-8 would answer if they were asked,
> "What are your reading and writing practices and learning experiences  
> and
> why have you specifically chosen these?  What do you consider best  
> practices
> that are supported by research?
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