Last week, we talked about how READING is THINKING! Your inner voice should talk to you while you're reading and say things like, "This part is confusing..." or "I predict this will happen..." or "That makes me think of this one time when I..." or "Now I get it!" I modeled how to use post-its to flag thoughts in my book while I was reading and 'code' them with the kind of thought it was. Students then did the same thing for their independent chapter books.
This led naturally into students needing to use textual evidence to support their thinking because all of their thoughts were sparked by something they read. One day we discussed word-for-word support and practiced. The next day we discussed paraphrasing to support your thinking. Here are the anchor charts and student practice examples:
Seeing you blogging again just made my entire year! Welcome back! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd your comment just made mine! THANK YOU! I've been wanting to get back on here day after day. Now that it's my third year at our middle school, I've got a better background on how best to teach adolescents and feel ready to share some of our work. It feels good to be back! :)
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU! Thank you so much for sharing! It's great to see you again!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to see this post! It's like you knew exactly what I needed for my classroom :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I agree with other bloggers. I love your thoughtful and insightful way that you teach. I'm a second grade teacher but I've begun using interactive notebooks with your thoughtful logs in mind (Of course in a more appropriate level). Continue blogging your wonderful ideas! Thanks for sharing, Lymari. www.loopingwithmybuddies.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI am new to your blog and I think your ideas are awesome! I really like the worksheets you used for practicing the Common Core Standards (Citing Evidence and Paraphrasing, etc.). Is there a website I could use to print them from?
ReplyDeleteIf you email me (bongersl@fortschools.org), I will just send you the Citing Evidence & Paraphrasing sheet. I do have a TpT store, but I don't have those sheets posted. I'll just send them to you!
ReplyDeleteI'm just finding this site and I'd love to have a copy of your Evidence sheets too. Are they still available?
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