Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop |  | Authors: Ellin Oliver Keene, Susan Zimmermann
Publisher: Heinemann
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How do students become thoughtful, independent readers who deeply understand what they read? To find the answer, authors Keene and Zimmermann took a journey into the thought processes of proficient readers. These processes serve as models for the strategies offered in this book - strategies intended to help children become more flexible, adaptive, independent, and engaged readers.
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 Excellent addition to your professional library!! October 10, 1999
Lisa Glavin (Wilmington, Delaware)
110 out of 112 found this review helpful
Mosaic of Thought redefines teaching reading comprehension in a workshop approach. Teaching comprehension as a strategic process enables readers to make connections and move beyond literal recall. The simplistic nature of the teaching process and the realistic ideas from classroom teachers makes Mosaic a wonderful tool for any teacher. I could not put this book down, nor could I stop myself from recommending it to everyone I know! We started a book club at my school to immerse ourselves in Mosaic and apply the strategies in our teaching. It has been a very exciting process!
The Missing Link to Teaching Reading Comprehension June 4, 2000
139 out of 144 found this review helpful
This book is the missing link that teachers have been looking for! This book fills that gap that has existed between teachers knowing what skills a student needs to comprehend the text and how we as teachers can teach those skills. In the past teaching reading comprehension seemed a mystery. Teachers would include all of the correct ingredients and hope that something would click in the students' minds and like magic they would comprehend. Well, this book finally tells us what that magic is. It is metacognition. And when you read this book, you will realize immediately its importance. It was like being hit by a bolt of lightning--that had me asking, "Of course! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?" A bolt that has me glued to the pages. A bolt that has me running to school filled with enthusiasm and new ideas to try in the classroom. And these new techniques really work! A bolt that has me so excited that I can't stop talking about this book. A bolt that has me walking into the classroom with a new sense of confidence about my ability to teach reading. I am using the book and teaching meatacognition to elementary students. The rubrics at the back of the book are wonderful, too. Enjoy!
If you teach, work with, or have children, own this book! March 20, 1999
63 out of 63 found this review helpful
The style of this book is different than any I have read before. However, it has put into writing the ideas I have come to believe about the high-level processes involved in truly reading and learning to read. I have personally bought copies of this book for the six new teachers at my school and as a team, we are discussing and synthesizing all of the information shared in Mosaic. I CAN NOT explain the depth of the joy of teaching, feelings of empowerment as an advocate for student thinking, and enthusiasm for learning these young teachers are demonstrating since we began! Other teachers are so very curious; even our kindergarten students are responding with high level connections and thinking! As a parent of teenagers, I wish I had known the ideas shared in this book to have been able to develop the depth of thinking in my own children's reading as they have grown up. Teachers, student teachers, administrators, and parents--You should OWN this book and read it! You will not forget or regret it.
Will help teachers at all levels get readers into deep text. February 11, 1999
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
For years I have tried getting my students to be better readers by focusing on separated skills like main idea, characterization, and sequencing, but I have always been disappointed by how they failed to get into the deep structure of the text. Since reading Mosaic of Thought I have changed my approach and focused on what the authors learned about proficient readers. By using the book as a road map I am having students become aware of what they must do in order to become proficient readers. The authors delineate the key strategies that readers use and then through examples reveal how these strategies can be taught in a classroom setting. For teachers who are wanting to develop higher level thinking in their students this is the book!
Best professional book! September 10, 2000
45 out of 48 found this review helpful
I can't recall ever wanting to read a professional text more than once. I almost couldn't wait to finish the book so that I could read it again. I find myself using the strategies they discuss in my own reading and of course, in my student's. I plan to use this text as a handbook for reader's workshop in my class this year.
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