Here we are comparing two pictures from one of our stories and discussing with our partners. Then we report out what our partner says and discuss the evidence for why we are coming up with these conclusions! These strategies are so important to be Powerful Readers and Powerful Writer!
When we are reading or writing we are setting 'Stretch Goals' and then self checking when we are done! We use the SmartLearning Desk Strip to help us make goals and self check.
Here is a Journal example from Sept. and then Oct. In Sept. we were focusing on where on the page to draw, setting a goal and where do you write on a page.
Now that we are in Oct. our class has been moving right along so well we are adding feelings to our writing! This is amazing at this time of year! Our class is so eager to learn and investigate!!!
We have been working on Higher Level Thinking with many of our books. Lots of A/B partners, hidden object, inferencing, reading together, drawing images and writing!
Check out our display about "The Grouchies" in the main hall outside of A Pod.
So by the time a page comes home for Bonus Reading as a class we will have read it several times and done a variety of SmartLearning strategies with them. They are more than welcome to practice a part of it or all of it. They may come up with a friend to read in front of the class or by themselves!! We have had a great response by many students wanting to read in front of the class already!!!! Here are a few examples to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzinB3typOI
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