Thursday, September 23, 2010
Noticing and Exploring Thinking
This may have been the easiest lesson to implement (p81). I passed out big sticky notes, then read "Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale." After I was done reading (without stopping - no thinking aloud), I had the kids write on their post-its what the story made them think about. They shared what they wrote with their shoulder partner and then put their post-it on a chart titled "What this story makes me think about..." This lesson went perfect with our focus in reading on "text-self" "text-text" and "text-world" connections. All were really engaged, and they had a blast sharing what they were thinking about.
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Sounds great! I've been introducing my literature circle job papers to my class while reading the City of Ember. We practiced how to be a Word Wizard, using our ongoing inner conversation to write down interesting words or phrases or difficult words. We also practiced Being a Connector. We read ch. 10 when Lina has to take care of her ill grandmother while babysitting her little sister, then her grandma dies at the end of the ch. I showed how I connected using 3 different types: text to self, text to text and text to world. Then the class wrote their connections. Many were affected by the grandma dying and some could relate to that. Some related to taking care of someone when sick or taking care of younger siblings. Some saw text to world that just like City of Ember, places don't have the medication to help people who are sick.
ReplyDeleteI also used the Text to Self when her grandmother died. There were a lot of kids who had either lost a grandparent or knew someone who had. We also had a great discussion connecting text to world when one of the students asked me why the city wasn't under water. It was a great mini-lesson/review on the layers of the earth and how it could be possible.
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