[MOSAIC] objective vs strategy

[CNJPALMER at aol.com]

There was an article in Reading Teacher a while back that argued that a  
skill was a strategy made automatic and unconscious. ...By that argument, if 
you  want kids to make connections as an automatic thing when they 
read...then it is  a skill. Otherwise if kids are consciously using it as a tool, it 
is a strategy.  As for objective...what do you want the kids to be able to do 
with connections  and how well do you want it to be learned?
 
Does that help or have I muddied the waters?
Jennifer
 
In a message dated 11/8/2009 1:02:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
LSTEWART at branford.k12.ct.us writes:

Our  district is moving towards having teachers post their objectives and 
children  being aware of the objective.  We are having difficulty coming to 
terms  with our objectives.  Is making connections to text an objective or a  
strategy/skill?  I feel the objective is always to become stronger  readers 
and the way we teach the children to become stronger readers is the  
strategy, but it is confusing.