To continue with activities for Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, I've decided to choose the following objectives: C1-a: Make a personal connection to an experience. Tell how that experience was like the experience of ________ in the story.
C1-b: Make a personal connection to an important feeling in the story. Tell about a time in your own life when you have had the same feeling.
C2-c: Did you like this story? Why or why not?
We have gone over these objectives orally during and after reading, but I have never had them write or draw it themselves. It has always been a discussion so I'm interested to see what their responses might be when I have them write it. I also think that these objectives are a very important part of comprehension for all ages, but especially for younger readers.
I will use the answer frames from pages: 205, 211, and pages 233 and 234.
Most of what I do during this time is group discussion, but 211 will be individual work and then they will have the opportunity to share it if they would like to. Page 234 will be done as whole class, but they will not be able to share their answers until the end.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteI really like the answer frames you will be using with your students and think it's great that you're using the same book again. Too often, teachers use too many books to introduce different concepts instead of showing students how to "close read" a text to dig deeper into the story. I also think it's wonderful that you're going to have your students write or draw it individually since you've already modeled and practiced this skill with them orally. I'm excited to see you results! Great job!
I like that you will focus on group discussion. I have noticed, in my experience as a student, that teachers are often nervous to do a discussion because there isn't any hard-copy of answers that you get as a result. Whenever I participated in them, though, I found that I usually got the most out of the book after discussion. I've noticed from a teacher standpoint that you can't do a discussion with every class. Some can't handle it, but when you can--it's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI am using the same book this week also, but Liv is going to be reading and doing the activities rather than my daughter. It is so interesting to see how differently each child can answer these questions, and which feelings and experiences that they personally relate to the story. This is a great book to do these activities with and I can't wait to see your results!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Whitney that it is a good idea to do several comprehension strategies with the same book! This helps student to learn that and think about the complexity of stories which will help them become better readers in the future!
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