Posted on 07/15/2009 by debrennersmith
Jeff writes about the strategy of the questioning circle on pages 124-129. He models this strategy with the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Jeff encourages teachers to use the gradual release model of I do, we do, you do. First, he posed the essential inquiry question related to his [...]
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Posted on 06/29/2009 by debrennersmith
This website is developing ideas for units of study for reading.
This unit encourages students to check for understanding or confusion: http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/strategies-for-checking-comprehension/
This unit encourages students to check for retelling: http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/readers-think-and-talk-to-grow-ideas/
This unit encourages students to realize that they have thoughts as they read. http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/readers-think-and-talk-to-grow-ideas/
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Posted on 04/02/2009 by debrennersmith
To ensure that kids understand genres, many teachers have a flip chart listing the characteristics. What ones are required by your state standards? Read a book during a read-aloud, then go over the characteristics of that genre. Do the students know the characteristics? Do the students recognize the genre off the shelf?
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/ This link has posters similiar to [...]
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Posted on 02/21/2009 by debrennersmith
See you there! International Reading Association in Phoenix. Pat Cunningham and I will talk about how to do the Thinking Theme Strategy. We have movie footage of students. It is awesome!
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Posted on 01/21/2009 by debrennersmith
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/
This website has wonderful Mystery genre unit.
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Posted on 10/14/2008 by debrennersmith
This was more advice I wrote down listening to Mike lecture about comprehension strategies.
Advice from Michael Pressley regarding First Grade:If, over the course of a school year, you can get children to learn three or four of these strategies and be using them, a great year. I would start with prediction, then imagery, then connections, [...]
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Posted on 07/31/2008 by debrennersmith
Decoding of Fix-It Strategies BeaniesStretchy SnakeChunky MonkeyHelpful KangarooLips the FishTryin’ LionSkippy the FrogEagle Eye
Comprehension BeaniesSpinner the SpiderQuestioning OwlRocky RaccoonDigger the DogIggy the Inferring IguanaJabber the Reteller (Parrot)Fix Up Bear
http://realclassroomideas.com/194.html
lesson using beanie babies
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