I agree that you have to give kids a focus when they do book talks. I
neglected to say that at the beginning of Self-Selected Reading--I do a read
a aloud with a strategy in mind and model for the kids what I want to see in
their book talks.Usually my read alouds correspond to a strategy that we are
working on in guided reading. The kids have sticky notes as in Deb's book
and they track what they have read and share some of that thinking. My kids
are really getting decent at questioning. We have discussed thick and thin
questions. I only have 2 kiddos share a day, because for me it is easier to
go into depth with two kids. Therefore it takes 2 weeks to go through the
class.
The quick pair shares are just a quick way to allow all the kids to have a
chance to say something about the book that they are reading. I also find
that this gives the kids motivation for doing some reading because they want
to have something to share.
There are many different ways to get kids to share books and acclamate them
to critical thinking and reading. Deb Miller's book is an excellent
resource, as well as Self-Selected Reading by Dottie Hall and Linda
Gambrell.
During conferences the kids are encouraged to share the strategies that
they are using as they are reading. This is my time to reinforce and
encourage the children to dig deeper, and if needed to choose books that
are appropriate.
Marti
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks
> Just a ghost from the past... but in reading all of your posts and trying
> to
> implement the best of the best in my own practice I can't help but think
> that
> responding to text has got to be more than a written response. ...
> especially in primary. Turn and talk is good but it takes quite a bit of
> structure and
> practice for kids to expand their thinking this way since often little
> ones
> only concentrate on what they want to say and even though they give nod
> to
> the speaker .... their thoughts are still mostly on their response.
>
> A better activity of turn and talk is in Debbie Miller's "Ducks at
> Night"
> activity for mental images. This activity keeps the kids focused on
> their
> partner's response because they are looking for something to add to their
> personal t-chart picture after the book talk is over. I think the
> structure has to
> be built in to the activity for kids to really get the subtle message:
> Your
> thinking expands, modifies or is confirmed when shared with others.
>
> In the same respect, written response is not an authentic response to
> reading unless writing to the author or having an online book chat. Rather
> play
> acting, painting, building, singing, this is the medium that I want to
> grow the
> strategies in..... who has suggestions????
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