Bonita DeAmicis
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:50:41 -0700
Hello out there STW readers. The talk has been quite slow. I am going to put a question out there from Chapter 7. Even if you have not been able to keep up with the reading--perhaps you can share what you know from your own experiences.
Especially useful to me in this chapter were the lessons on recognizing and making connections to new learning during nonfiction reading. It is a different type of connection that we make in nonfiction and the lessons to help students notice their knowledge levels and then bridge backgrounds with new reading were fun to read. I have used KWL type charts before and one problem that was not fully addressed is what to do when students are coming in with very different backgrounds. In one chart recommended by the authors: "Questions, What we think we know, and New learning", I can see students filling in many gaps for other students prior to the beginning of the reading, and I wonder how that is different from the teacher jsut filling in the blanks for the students. . At times, the desire for some to show others what they know leads to a strange class interchange --students ask questions or say what they think they know--other students answer the questions or correct their thinking-- Meanwhile I am filling in the chart and not quite sure what I want to do with this type of interchange prior to reading. Do other people have this happen and what do you do with it? Looking forward to the thoughts of others.> :)Bonita California, Gr. 5 _______________________________________________ Stw2chat mailing list Stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/stw2chat_literacyworkshop.org. Search the STW2 Chat Archives at http://snipurl.com/stw2archives.