Heather Green
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:19:50 -0800
Wow, thank you everyone for all your responses. I am so excited to get started. I love the idea of using poems as well. Why didn't I think of that?! I have never heard of Comprehension Connections but I am going to check it out right now. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:45 AM, <kuko...@aol.com> wrote: > I must agree with you... our shared reading was the Giving Tree by Shel > Silverstein this week... I opened discussion about metacognition. with this > text.. we used "making a reading salad" from the resource: Comprehension > Connections and the two (Silverstein's text and strategy lesson) really > drove > the point home... that reading is not just reading the words but more > about the amount of thinking that goes on. The simple text and intriguing > illustrations kept all readers engaged as this was a whole group lesson for > first graders... I pointed to the words in the book as volunteers put in > red > paper squares to represent "reading words" in our reading salad. Then I > thought about each page making connections, wonders, noticing details in > the > illustration... another volunteer put in green squares representing lettuce > leaves... After awhile I turned the thinking over to the kids and just read > the words... the thinking that the kids did far outweighed the words of > the > author and was confirmed by our reading salad... so many more green > squares > than red squares. > > These little ones really got how using an inner voice makes the story > more interesting and enjoyable but also helps with accuracy and > comprehension. > We recorded our thinking on sticky notes and organized the notes on a > chart.... some ideas were about the illustrations, other ideas were about > the > characters, the setting, the author's message, personal connections, > wonders, > schema about the author... It really was quite amazing considering they > are only six years old. After we charted all their thinking responses the > kids then recorded in their reader responses the most important thinking > that > they took away from our discussion... Most of these drawings and matching > text were big ideas about the entire story and big ideas about how to read > and what kinds of readers they saw themselves to be. > > When I think about it we worked on: inner voice, checking for > comprehension, checking for accuracy, book choice, turning and talking, > making our > thinking visible, recording our ideas, story structure... it was a very > easy > lesson to prepare and a powerful change of view for my kids. Up till now > (since we are just starting guided reading groups after DRA) they were > feeling > either very proud of their level, or very insecure.... now kids who are at > level C are calling themselves "real readers" because they are thinkers. > > If you do not have the resource Comprehension Connections I strongly > suggest it. It works beautifully for little kids. Basically every strategy > of > comprehension is developed into some kind of concrete analogy that works > with > any text you choose. As far as Shel is concerned.... he was way ahead of > his time.... and I remember him first as a rock star before author. > Pam > > > In a message dated 11/11/2009 12:22:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > amyswa...@gmail.com writes: > > I happen to really like using Shel Silverstein's poetry. At first glance, > to kids it might just seem funny or silly. But there are a lot of life > lessons to be found if you open your mind and your heart. The text is > very > accessible and engaging, and it really makes "deep thinking" invitational > for kids!! > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Heather Green <heath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > Starting in December we will start breaking up into reading clubs in my > > school. We'll meet for 50 minutes, 4 days a week. The groups are > > differentiated, and I have the highest group of first graders--reading > > anywhere from end of 1st grade level to 4th grade+ level. > > > > I decided that I wanted to stay away from chapter books this year > because > > in > > 1st grade the focus doesn't need to be on reading chapter books. I want > my > > kids to be reading good quality literature that makes them think. We > don't > > have many books available. I'm willing to buy some with my own money if > I > > will use them again and again. So I need your help. I am looking for > > books > > that meet this criteria: > > > > 1) not a chapter book > > 2) something written at about the 2nd grade level or so (I'm thinking > using > > this in small groups for the kids to read themselves) > > 3) something thought-provoking that would spark good conversation > > 4) not toooo preachy and still of interest to 1st graders > > > > Any ideas?!? > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > . > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > -- > Amy Swan/KS/4th > > "Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people can't tell > the difference." ~David Augsburger > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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