[Understand] What is working for you?

[Andrea Lucas]

Thanks to some of your advice, for the last 2 weeks I have really tried to ask the students HOW using the strategies help them to better understand their reading.  I have gotten some interesting responses.  I have asked this question during whole group read aloud, but I also started asking kids as I conferenced with them about their reading.  I feel like only a small portion of my class can explain their thinking in this way.  Quite a few students get a blank look on their faces, but it is interesting to begin a discussion about this with them and model for them how particular strategies help me understand. I hope to keep this small change in my teaching going and have it infiltrate our discussions even more...
 
Andrea Lucas  

--- On Thu, 10/3/08, CNJPALMER at aol.com <CNJPALMER at aol.com> wrote:

From: CNJPALMER at aol.com <CNJPALMER at aol.com>
Subject: [Understand] What is working for you?
To: understand at literacyworkshop.org
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8:20 PM

Let's get some more discussion going...
What have you implemented from To Understand so far...how is it working for  
you?
Are you taking ideas "as-is?" Are you adapting ideas?
Please share...baby steps are just fine! There is a lot to learn in To  
Understand. What little (or big!) changes are you making and how are the 
students 
responding?
Let's talk about it!
Jennifer
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