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| Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction | 
enlarge | Authors: Ellin Oliver Keene, Susan Zimmermann Publisher: Heinemann Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 8210
Media: Paperback Edition: 2 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 312 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0325010358 Dewey Decimal Number: 372.47 EAN: 9780325010359 ASIN: 0325010358
Publication Date: May 2, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Inventory subject to prior sale. Expedited orders cannot be sent to PO Box. Sorry, not able to ship to APO, FPO, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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Mosiac of Thought Online Course available to all adopters of 25 copies or more of Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition. Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann have returned with a new edition of Mosaic of Thought that features 70 percent new material. When the first edition published ten years ago, Mosaic of Thought became a runaway best seller as the first book to explicitly describe the use and benefits of strategy-based comprehension instruction. Since then comprehension strategy instruction has exploded, leading to numerous inspiring variations on Mosaic's instructional principles, as well as a widening of the comprehension research base. Now the second edition offers up-to-the-minute insight for classroom teachers, literacy coaches, and school leaders everywhere, and reminds everyone of precisely what effective, long-lasting comprehension teaching looks like.Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition, has been carefully revised and reflects Keene and Zimmermann's latest thinking. It's designed to help teachers implement practical, thoughtful ideas for teaching comprehension in contemporary classrooms through the seven core strategies that successful readers use to engage with texts. Packed with new classroom examples, grounded in the latest research, and written in the same accessible tone as the first edition, reaffirms the essential elements of powerful comprehension teaching introduced in the first edition while adding and updating features, including: - Key Ideas sections for each strategy that describe crucial comprehension concepts
- new classroom examples that show comprehension strategies put into action in dynamic, literature-rich, current classrooms
- new opening vignettes that illustrate the concepts students will learn through explorations of the thinking used by proficient adult readers
- new tools to help teachers create effective reader's workshops
- innovations from teachers around the country for fine tuning think-alouds and conferring practices
- new advice on long-term instructional planning.
Keene and Zimmermann have also created an invaluable Q-and-A section with smart, informed responses to the questions that today's teachers most frequently ask about strategy-based teaching. Whether you are just now joining the hundreds of thousands of teachers who have made Keene and Zimmermann their central resource for comprehension teaching, or whether you've relied on their advice for years, Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition, will change your literacy instruction - and possibly your own reading - forever. It's filled with vital, new information, new research, and proven practices. Read it today and give your students strategies for connecting with texts that will last a lifetime.
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Comprehension Across All Levels June 8, 2007 16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Susan and Ellin's dedication to teachers and classrooms across the Nation shines through in this second edition of Mosaic of Thought. Their detailed descriptions of comprehension lessons across all grade levels and with teachers from many places help us see the universal truth of these core comprehension strategies. These powerful strategies are not just about reading, but are ways of thinking deeply that can impact learning in any content area in every school across our country and our world. Every person who looks to our children as the future should read this book.
Great for Literacy Collaborative Teachers August 29, 2007 14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I loved this book. I couldn't put it down and finished it in less than a week. It is chock full of great reading teaching points and literature discussion starters. I definitely plan on using this book while planning this year. My husband laughed at me because I tabbed so many of the pages. Excellent book on language arts for teachers.
Mosaic of Thought, second edition July 13, 2007 7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ellin has once again put into words how we can make our classrooms more productive. The book is similiar to the first edition but includes more examples of how to implement. Easy to read and very well written.
Second Edition of Mosaic much more practical! October 24, 2007 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ellin Keene has added a lot more depth and practicality in her second edition. All teachers of reading should read this book!
Good textbook October 11, 2007 5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had to buy this book for one of my literacy graduate courses, and I really am enjoying it. I like the little asides and examples that the author uses, and the narrative format is much easier to follow and understand than "normal" or dry textbooks. The subheadings for the chapters give a fairly nice indication of what each chapter is about, and the book is organized nicely.
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