Thank you for sharing your detailed lesson plan. It is great to know something that works well for you and it sounds like something that would work well for me too. I'll be teaching comm arts this year after 9 years teaching science. I feel comfortable working with nonfiction and I have planned to use high interest nonfiction throughout the year. I have quite a collection!
One thing that I have used with short nonfiction selections is something I call "Most Important Word". Students, in groups, select what they believe is the most important word in each paragraph (usually I limit it to around 5 paragraphs). I write the words each group chose on the board and I have students defend their reasoning for selecting that word. Lively conversations ensue and students have always scored well on the content over the material. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Ramiro Elizondo Jr. <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Colleagues, > A couple of strategies that I've used (an believe work) in my 6th grade > class to teach comprehension through nonfiction are: > *Jigsaw/Expert Groups - Separate chapter or lesson into smaller > sections. Then place students in groups. Assign a section to each group, > and have each student read the section silently. After a few minutes, have > each group discuss what was read, and have them create a poster that > includes: the title of section, 3 facts, 1 picture, vocabulary word(s), and > a sentence that summarizes the section. When they are finished, have each > group present their poster to the class. > > *Give 1, Get 1 - I use a 3x3 table (on a sheet of paper), and have students > share and receive 1 fact about the section we are reading. Each fact must > be different, and must be received by a different student. > > I know there are many more strategies out there, but I've used these two, > and have seen increased comprehension and an enjoyment for science and > social studies with my students. > > Ramiro Elizondo > 6th Grade Teacher, West Park Elementary > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
