[MOSAIC] Independent Reading Question

[Jeanne Hunter]

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> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:27:07 -0700
> From: judydotson2001 at yahoo.com
> To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Independent Reading Question
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> Where can you read this book online?
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> From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <elwaingortji at cbe.ab.ca>
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Independent Reading Question
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 5:02 PM
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> Hi Sharon,
> Thanks for your response.  I'll have to read the book online and see how I can use this tool, if at all.
> Elisa
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> Elisa Waingort
> Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual
> Dalhousie Elementary
> Calgary, Canada
> 
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> The response sheet is one that you make yourself based on what you want your
> students to work on.  The 4 boxes in the top row are all based on skills in
> response to the book - text response, comprehension, taxonomy and word work.
> The 4 boxes on the bottom are strategy responses.  Right now we are doing
> connections and visualization so those are the boxes I'm choosing for my
> students to use.  They will change throughout the year as we concentrate on
> different strategies.
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> On 9/20/09 9:41 AM, "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" <elwaingortji at cbe.ab.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Can you describe how you use the 8-block response sheet?  I have the sheet but
> > since I have not read the book it's not clear what it's purpose is.
> > Thank you!
> > Elisa
> > 
> > Elisa Waingort
> > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual
> > Dalhousie Elementary
> > Calgary, Canada
> > 
> > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
> > touched. They must be felt within the heart.
> > -Helen Keller
> > 
> > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message.
> > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > I do something very similar.  My students have a reading response notebook
> > that they write in each day, every day I collect one group and respond back.
> > I've found that they are becoming better at responding and thinking about
> > their reader each week.  In addition, they are responsible for filling out
> > an 8 blocks response sheet each week for a book they are reading.  This is
> > from the book, Independent Reading Inside the Box by Lisa Donohue.  I LOVE
> > this book - it has really helped me find ways to make students accountable
> > for their reading and it gives us a great vehicle for discussion.
> > 
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