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Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition

The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction

Ellin Oliver Keene, Susan Zimmermann

Grade: K-8th

Pub Date: 5/2/2007

Mosaic 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... more

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Blog Post: The Transformative Power of Reading

And my first thought was, that is not possible.Why can't people learn more, grow, change, have new thoughts?... more

Blog Post: Congratulations to Cris Tovani, Recipient of the 2017 Adolescent Literacy Thought Leader Award

At the International Literacy Association annual conference this past weekend, author, veteran teacher, staff developer, nationally known consultant Cris Tovani was awrded the Adolescent Literacy Thought Leader Award.... more

Blog Post: The Transformative Power of Reading

And my first thought was, that is not possible.Why can't people learn more, grow, change, have new thoughts?... more

Blog Post: The Power of Questioning

The Power of Questioning by Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen.Close reading can help students, and teachers, determine comprehension gaps.... more

Blog Post: On the Podcast: Ellin Keene Reflects on Mosaic of Thought's 20th Anniversary with Tom Newkirk

While I was still being flabbergasted, you said, "I think this comprehension strategy work is interesting enough that a lot of people would benefit from hearing more about it," something like that.Tom Newkirk: Nobody was writing about comprehension then.Ellin Keene: No, Delores Durkin had done the seminal study in 1978 or '79.... more

Blog Post: Curiosity: Even More Important Than We Thought

In the new and revised edition of Comprehension and Collaboration, Stephanie Harvey and Harvey "Smokey" Daniels share inquiry units of increasing richness with all the teaching and planning resources you need.Comprehension and Collaboration, Revised Edition ships in late June.... more

Tools for Thought

Graphic Organizers for Your Classroom

Jim Burke

Grade: 7th-12th

Pub Date: 8/8/2002

Dozens of graphic organizers and a hundred ways to use them! Jim's prepared a workbook that's a real workhorse, providing tools to spark student thinking that are both intriguing and precise—and applicable to grades 6 to 12 in all subject areas. These tools range from annotations and literature circle notes to Venn diagrams and vocabulary squares. Each comes as a reproducible... more

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Blog Post: Heinemann Fellow Hollis Scott on The Power of Thinking Routines

A different student thought the painter was trying to reveal a peaceful relationship, pointing out the name of the painting was The Peaceable Kingdom.... more

Blog Post: Teaching with The Comprehension Toolkit for Successful Summer School Instruction

These lessons seem well suited for summer instruction.In addition, teachers may find the content included in other lessons within the strategy clusters useful for small group instruction.What if I don’t finish the lesson planned for the day?... more