6. Write down all the letters in the order you can remember.
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9. What do I see? Read the text features Text Organization Text Information Support the text Give more information than text Title Captions Illustrations Graphics Headings Special Fonts Photographs Maps Table of Contents Introduction paragraph Vocabulary Key words Charts Glossary Summary paragraph Author’s questions Diagram
10. What am I reading? Got Genre? Genre Fiction Nonfiction Elements Text Structures Elements Character Cause/effect Author’s purpose Setting Compare/contrast to inform Problem Time/Order to entertain Events Enumeration to persuade Resolution Problem/solution Major idea Theme Description Supporting detail How we relate to each other Vocabulary How we relate to nature Reader’s aids Growing up Titles Headings Pictures Captions Bold words
11. What do I already know? Activate Your Velcro done that Text to… Fiction Nonfiction Biography Poetry Self When have I been there been there done that or felt that way? World When has someone else or felt that way? Other Text Have I read about the topic the person the feeling? Text with in a text Are there clues about the topic the person the feeling?
12. Two Word Strategy Statement I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual:
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14. Two Word Strategy Statement I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: the text is a nonfiction text describing shingles. I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: I will learn the causes. I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual: I will learn the symptoms. I choose these two words because… I predict… Actual:
15. The Ponder of Reciprocal Teaching Monitoring your metacognition My best prediction today was… because Ticket In Question Answer Relationships
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You have ten seconds to memorize all these letters.
You did much better the second time because the letters meant something to you. We have already built memories for JFK and all the associations and concepts related to JFK come up when we make a connection to our background knowledge. I didn’t change the content or the order of the letters, I just put them into meaningful chunks. Our brain can only remember 7 items of information. The first round, your brain tried to remember 20 separate letters. However, the second time I packed a lot of meaning into a little bit of messaging. This way there was only 6 items to remember, plus your brain was able to make connections which made it even easier to remember. You can do this with your curriculum. The work has to be done prior to teaching the whole unit. It’s the first of six strategies called: Simple
Memory is not like a single filing cabinet. It is more like Velcro. The more hooks an idea has, the better it will cling to your memory. You did much better the second time because the letters meant something to you. We have already built memories for JFK and all the associations and concepts related to JFK come up when we make a connection to our background knowledge. I didn’t change the content or the order of the letters, I just put them into meaningful chunks. Our brain can only remember 7 items of information. The first round, your brain tried to remember 20 separate letters. However, the second time I packed a lot of meaning into a little bit of messaging. This way there was only 6 items to remember, plus your brain was able to make connections which made it even easier to remember.
Genre is the key to unlocking the moves the author is going to take. Predicting establishing what the students already know, prepares them for what the author thinks is important and gives them a purpose for reading. Predicting is one of the most important strategies. Most students do not take the time to preview the text before they read, they just start reading. This is like going on a trip without previewing a map for directions. Without this strategy, the students will most definitely get lost.
Academic thinking falls flat without academic language to support it. Academic language is the huge array of key words and phrases that help a student organize and process core knowledge and skills in school. Everyone fold your hands on the table like this… Now place the opposite thumb on top and adjust your fingers. How does it feel? Strange, not life threatening, yet it’s uncomfortable. When teachers and students begin to think aloud, it feels very strange and uncomfortable. We are not use to sharing our thinking processes and as a result, students tend to act out and complain in hopes of avoiding this uncomfortable feeling. For this reason, the two word strategy statement guides both the teacher and the students’ think aloud through the entire three step process until the process can be internalized and that uncomfortable feeling goes away. Another reason to use the two word strategy statement is to keep the statements text based. As you know students look for any opportunity they can to share their thoughts…I predict this will be stupid. Can you clarify why there isn’t any sex in this book. I am sure you could come up with some really good examples. However, the two word strategy statement forces students to use the academic language within the text. They must always use text evidence to support their thoughts. This is how it works. The first step requires the students to preview the selection and choose two words. They can choose any words, however the better words are chosen from text features. The second step requires the student to explain why they choose these two words. The words were in the title, they were bold words, They are in the photograph and so on. During the final step, the student constructs a strategy statement using the two chosen words.
Academic thinking falls flat without academic language to support it. Academic language is the huge array of key words and phrases that help a student organize and process core knowledge and skills in school. Everyone fold your hands on the table like this… Now place the opposite thumb on top and adjust your fingers. How does it feel? Strange, not life threatening, yet it’s uncomfortable. When teachers and students begin to think aloud, it feels very strange and uncomfortable. We are not use to sharing our thinking processes and as a result, students tend to act out and complain in hopes of avoiding this uncomfortable feeling. For this reason, the two word strategy statement guides both the teacher and the students’ think aloud through the entire three step process until the process can be internalized and that uncomfortable feeling goes away. Another reason to use the two word strategy statement is to keep the statements text based. As you know students look for any opportunity they can to share their thoughts…I predict this will be stupid. Can you clarify why there isn’t any sex in this book. I am sure you could come up with some really good examples. However, the two word strategy statement forces students to use the academic language within the text. They must always use text evidence to support their thoughts. This is how it works. The first step requires the students to preview the selection and choose two words. They can choose any words, however the better words are chosen from text features. The second step requires the student to explain why they choose these two words. The words were in the title, they were bold words, They are in the photograph and so on. During the final step, the student constructs a strategy statement using the two chosen words.