Saturday, January 12, 2019
Reading Strategies Book: Goals 8 - 10
I am hopeful that all of you are enjoying this book. Our last blog discussion focused on fictional texts and now we will move into non-fictional texts. Look over Goals 8 through 10. The a big non-fiction task for students is finding the main idea and details. In both goals 8 and 9 Seravallo covers strategies that focus on finding the main idea and the key details. Think and discuss the items below:
Goal 8 and 9: How are you currently teaching main idea and details?
Share a strategy from goal 8 or 9 that you have tried or might want to try.
Goal 10: What challenges do you face when teaching text features?
Share a strategy from goal 10 that you might try.
Goals 8 through 10: focus on Supporting Comprehension in nonfiction. What strategy stood out to you the most from those three goals?
Our next book study will be in person on January 28. Be prepared to share about a strategy from goals 11 through 13
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Main idea and key details are two of the HARDEST standards to teach in the 5th grade! (mho)
ReplyDeleteThis book is my new go to book when I struggle with teaching my students. I am so happy that I can turn to the chapter where I need to work and there are 25-30 strategies that are easily implemented and little prep.
The text suggests that to measure student knowledge we can ask the following questions; What is this text mostly about?, What is the main idea?, Summarize what you've read so far using a main idea and three details. Once a teacher determines a student's progress, forward movement is possible. If not, reteaching is necessary.
Some strategies I want to try:
8.2 Notice What Repeats - This is a simple, but often overlooked question in 5th grade. Textbooks often repeat with words, pictures, and graphics. Also, questions at the end of each section help clarify what facts are repeated.
Chapter 9 -
9.2 Reading with a Sense of "WOW"
Love the anchor chart on this one. I think students could use sticky notes and add their learned fact to the brain. Great for an exit ticket for Science or Social Studies to check for understanding.
9.3 A Spin on KWL
This looks like fun! Another anchor chart for student's to use as a guide. By the 5th grade, I find they are often bored with a regular KWL chart, this chart using brains and 5th grade words like KNOW, THINK, and WONDER will be entertaining and make them think.
Chapter 10 Teaching Text Features
Lack of background knowledge is my biggest hurdle to jump when teaching text features. Lack of student creativity is the second hurdle (I believe this is from not having enough art and music experience) and the third hurdle is students fear of making a mistake.
When teaching text features, I include the pictures, and text features in the lesson plan and present the lesson to the class. We work on a 'page walk'. I ask 'What do you see?' 'What do you think this means?' 'Have you seen something like this before?' When I run out of questions or getting no response, I explain the text features in detail. To check for understanding, I play a game where the students come up and point to the item I am asking about or reading the caption.
I would like to start with 10.1 and practice each strategy. I would eventually like to make an anchor chart from each example and use the strategy that best fits the group of students I am working with.