Bonita DeAmicis
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:43:49 -0700
> STIR up your thinking with the text, and off you go to have conversations > with others, all prepared to share and to learn from others! I think that I > might teach this lesson when I am teaching students how to have > conversations. > Everyone needs to have something to bring to the table. I'm also thinking > that this doesn't just have to happen with a read-aloud. We could model it > that way, and have the students do the guided practice during the > read-aloud, > and then have the kids practice independently on their own with multiple > copies of different articles, meeting back up with a group of say 4-6 for > their > interactive conversation, ending with a group share of how being prepared > for > the conversation and having the conversation itself, helped them to > understand > the text better and let them know what their remaining questions were. > Sherry
Thanks for joining us, Sherry! I agree with you--summer sometimes beakons and keeps us from all of our best intentions regarding book talks:) I love this idea of using STIR in the fashion you describe. I think it could also work (if enough articles on one subject could be gathered) to have the individual and amll group conversations and then come back to a class chart on the topic and what has been learned. I also loved your idea on Ch7 and doing a private brainstorm on the topic and then pulling students aside that might already be experts and asking them to help out. I will definitely try that next year--thank you! :)Bonita _______________________________________________ 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.