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1/28/2010 1:28 PM
I was just looking in our aggregator (web tool that pulls together LPS teacher sites, including blogs and wiki’s) and saw this page: https://lenskib5.wikispaces.com/message/list/Read+Alouds . I find this fascinating on a couple of levels. First off, 716 comments is incredible. That in and of itself is commendable—that’s a lot of thinking, reflection, and metacognition. Then I noticed the views—I’m not a great mathematician, but there seems to be a 1:5 ratio from posts to views. That means kids’ work and thoughts are being reviewed at a tremendous rate. For example, I noticed that the instructor has posted some prediction prompts from a text. Not only are kids predicting future events, but they’re seeing each other’s predictions. Now I suspect that they’re reading not only to find out about their own predictions, but to see if their peers’ predictions will come true. That has to be a classroom of engaged readers.
By: Mike Porter
Just was looking in our aggregator (web tool that pulls together LPS teacher sites, including blogs and wiki’s) and saw this page: https://lenskib5.wikispaces.com/message/list/Read+Alouds . I find this fascinating on a couple of levels. First off, 716 comments is incredible. That in and of itself is commendable—that’s a lot of thinking, reflection, and metacognition. Then I noticed the views—I’m not a great mathematician, but there seems to be a 1:5 ratio from posts to views. That means kids’ work and thoughts are being reviewed at a tremendous rate. For example, I noticed that the instructor has posted some prediction prompts from a text. Not only are kids predicting future events, but they’re seeing each other’s predictions. Now I suspect that they’re reading not only to find out about their own predictions, but to see if their peers’ predictions will come true.
That has to be a classroom of engaged readers. Also, I love the homemade avatars.
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Re: Reading Strategies and Read!/Write Web
You know what else I like about this blog? Take a look at the link below... the date stamps caught my eye: June-July-August. This is the record of teachers extending their Professional Learning Community through the summer! Great teachers are awesome to watch! lenski5th.wikispaces.com/message/view/5th+Grade+Home+Page/12999449
By Dan Maas on
2/27/2010 7:15 AM
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Re: Reading Strategies and Read!/Write Web
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