tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post4985750085295632234..comments2023-12-21T17:44:06.220-05:00Comments on Literacy Builders: An Epidemic of Poor ComprehensionKim Yarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03222644402746955442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post-84604699803573530102012-01-30T18:54:40.813-05:002012-01-30T18:54:40.813-05:00Keene just makes you really think about what it is...Keene just makes you really think about what it is we are asking kids to think about. She also relates it in a way that you can connect to. Heinemann just sent an e-mail sharing a DVD companion to it. It is cheap so I will be picking it up for some of the teachers exploring deeper thinking.Patticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post-70435152628019715132012-01-29T13:11:20.138-05:002012-01-29T13:11:20.138-05:00Patti, To Understand IS a great book to shed light...Patti, To Understand IS a great book to shed light on this conversation. My study group read it a couple of years ago and I find myself returning to it often these days to help me reconsider some of my old ideas...Kim Yarisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post-42365160084295088482012-01-28T11:20:23.173-05:002012-01-28T11:20:23.173-05:00Hey Kim....we are also grappling with this. Sever...Hey Kim....we are also grappling with this. Several of us are reading To Understand by Ellin Oliver Keene. She grappled with this as well and the book is fantastic. I am seeing the same flippant responses when in actuality we are looking for deeper meaning. I can't put it down. I look forward to reading more responses to get a better idea of where to go with this.PattiCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post-57794831210256116302012-01-28T10:20:54.917-05:002012-01-28T10:20:54.917-05:00I know exactly what you mean about the work that w...I know exactly what you mean about the work that we've become accustomed to doing in preparation for the text. This idea of "leveling the playing field" by keeping students within the text may well be a stroke of brilliance that will provide a necessary framework for the next generation of comprehension instruction. Coleman talks about "surrendering" to the text and the satisfaction that comes from overcoming our cognitive dissonance. If we do too much of the work, that won't happen for students and I fear, that has become our habit as educators. <br /><br />Definitely stayed tuned for next week's post because as our work in the classroom has continued, more a-has have emerged. In the meantime, be sure to share your epiphanies as well!Kim Yarisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407747677962620747.post-65665955637579986732012-01-28T10:07:13.857-05:002012-01-28T10:07:13.857-05:00Thank you for beginning this blog- we recently beg...Thank you for beginning this blog- we recently began this discussion after looking carefully at the sample elementary model of a close read and what that means for instruction. I do think that you have pinpointed what Commissioner King and Coleman are saying - we need less of what we think and feel and more of what the author is really saying with his words, looking carefully back in the text and also looking at vocabulary choice. I questioned the idea of handing a text to a reader with no background building, but after listening to Coleman explain how the author "sets the table," that idea began to make sense. I think we have all experienced feeling a bit uncomfortable at the beginning of a book and then slowly developing our understanding and becoming caught in the story. As we do so much preparing to read for students, perhaps we do not allow them this feeling.pgreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532535016045896018noreply@blogger.com