Features and Benefits
Packed with new classroom examples, grounded in the latest research, and written in the same accessible tone as the first edition, Mosaic of Thought 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
- An invaluable Q-and-A section with smart, informed responses to the questions that today’s teachers most frequently ask about strategy-based teaching