Notice and Note Again and Again Workseet

Fifty-fifty though I teach sixth grade, I have to spend a lot of time in my reading cake modeling and education students how to monitor their reading comprehension.  I of the best ways I've plant to do this is by educational activity my students most the inner conversation that good readers accept with themselves. I start with an anchor chart of what that "voice in your caput" is doing while you are reading and we discuss how readers who pay attending to their thinking, are more than apt to learn, empathize and call back what they read.  I teach my students that as readers they must leave tracks inside their thinking.

Notice & Annotation: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst is a perfect book for educators who desire students to connect with a story, and monitor their ain comprehension.  In the book, Beers and Probst discuss the idea of six signposts that are apparent in good literature.  These signposts, or elements that occur in most genres of skilful literature, help students brand connection to text and call up authentically nigh what they are reading, instead of only "finishing" a book.  I basically devoured this book when I began reading it.  It justifies so many things that I believe about reading, and how to create a customs of readers in your classroom.  It challenges students to dig deeper into text, and find the authenticity behind what they are reading.  I've begun didactics the sign posts to my students, and they are excited nearly reading again.  They are excited to dicuss a volume, or story, or poem with their classmates.  They experience a petty similar detectives as they leave tracks, and make connections.

Signpost #1 Contrast and Contradictions
I began the signposts past teaching Contrast and Contradictions.  We created an ballast chart which defines the signpost, and I gave my students a tabbed book for their interactive notebooks where they could create an anchor nautical chart for each signpost as well.  This helped to give them buying in their learning, and a place to refer dorsum to for anchor questions.

Contrast and Contradiction is the thought that there is a dissimilarity betwixt what we would EXPECT a character to exist doing and what the character actually does.  An author will use this in a novel or story for graphic symbol development, to show internal conflict, theme, or bear witness a relationship between the setting and the plot of the story.  The primal to the signpost is in the ballast question.  For contrast and contradiction we are looking at WHY would the character act this way?  Information technology allows students to pause in their thinking and make inferences and connections within the text.

Afterward explaining the concept and creating our anchor charts, I began by showing my students a video that contained several contrasts and contraditions.  I used the Pixar brusk Presto which is virtually a wizard and the conflicts between his bunny and himself.

I stopped after the first section where a Contrast and Contradiction occurs, and modeled for my students in our tabbed book what was going on, and then used the ballast questions to write about what I was thinking at this signal in the story.  LEAVING TRACKS!  Then I continued on with the story stopping at several other areas that showed a C/C and had students plow and talk most it, ever emphasizing the anchor question, and that is the primal to the deeper agreement.

When we finished with the lesson I  had them read and find at least one C/C in their independent reading books.

On the 2nd mean solar day we reviewed Contrast and Contradiction using this great video past Brent Peterson.

Then I modeled the C/C once again using the brusk story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes.  This lesson is completely modeled for you in the Notice and Annotation book.  And then if you are nervous virtually how to get started teaching the signposts, Beers and Probst exercise an amazing job walking you through the steps with students, and give tons of ideas and books to help you.

Hither are a few other books that you could use to reinforce the thought of Contrasts and Contradictions with your students.  (LINKS Go TO AMAZON)

I especially liked using The Crossover past Kwame Alexander.  This Newbery winner is written completely in verse prose, so it is a perfect manner to show my students that Notice and Note Signposts tin come in all forms of literature.  I have been using it as my ain independent reading book example with my students.

Here is a link to the Observe and Note book if yous are interested in learning more virtually helping your students call back deeper about text.

I'll share my feel with AHA Moments soon.  Meanwhile, I would dearest to hear well-nigh any resources you may have for using Notice and Notation in your classroom!

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