I am loving reading about getting started and have/will do this with my kindergarteners (it will be my 2nd year in the fall--did 1st for 8 years) but I am wondering if anyone out there has done something other than t charts that are wordy for non-readers???? I was thinking about doing digital photos and combining with writing???? any thoughts???
Lori Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Ginger > I can't resist jumping in here... > > When you explictly teach children how to listen to each other and how to > respond to each other you are setting up the climate for > intellectual engagement > that Ellin describes so eloquently in To Understand. > Ellin describes the conditions needed for understanding and one of them is > conversation with others. I teach "turn and talk" in a similar fashion...I > think I learned how from a previous post and also from the Comprehension > Toolkit....which is a really good resource for newbies by the way! > > I plan to take this one simple but important step further next fall and > integrate in my modeling some time to think. I will directly talk to > the kids > about the importance of silence and time to think as well as the time to > converse with others. we'll talk specifically about what we > understand AFTER some > time to think and turn and talk that we didn't understand without > doing those > things. I will be making an anchor Chart showing not just what the literacy > time should look like and sound like but a second chart with showing what we > learn about understanding. > SOOO glad to have you back on the listserv... > Jennifer > > In a message dated 7/10/2008 11:35:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I teach my new group active listening first. It is a strong piece of the > foundation of engagement for the year. I talk to them about how I'm sure > they are so used to having to face the teacher when he/she is teaching but > that now they are going to be turning their bodies and eyes to whomever it > is that is speaking in the room. So I walked around the outside of the > circle and asked them to show me what it would look like if they were doing > Active Listening "on me" over here. They all rotated their bodies and faced > me. Then I pointed to someone sitting over there on the carpet (say John) > and said if we pretended he was sharing HIS thinking next how would it look > to do Active Listening "on John". (I know that is not correct grammar but > you'll see why I use it in a minute.) So they all rotated towards him. I > walked over to where John was sitting and talked to them about how at first > this will probably feel VERY uncomfortable because typically we are not used > to having the entire class facing us when we are talking. But the reason we > > do it is because we all believe that what John has to say is VERY IMPORTANT > and worthy of our respect. That we can learn from John's thinking. That > maybe what John is about to share connects with something we were thinking. > That RECEIVING the thinking of our classmates is a very important part of > what we will be doing all year. In order to RECEIVE that thinking best it > helps to face the person sharing. Then I walked back to the head of the > group and reinforced those who turned their bodies and eyes on me as I > walked. For those who did not I simply say "Active Listening on me now." > "Eyes and bodies facing the speaker." "I'm the one sharing my thinking so > you need to face me now." > > > > > > > **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
