mikej on August 26th, 2010

What do you think about when you read?
The last couple of days in class have seen us focusing on sharing our thoughts and feelings about what we are reading. In class, we brainstormed what kinds of thinking were going on. Students came up with:
- making personal connections
- recording what we have learned
- writing down questions [...]

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mikej on January 28th, 2010

Our new “Character” reading unit has been really interesting. We are focusing on getting to know the characters in our books better. Part of this is through talking about our reading - explaining our thoughts and making predictions or theories about a character. Today, we buzzed ….

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