I do two kinds of book talks. After we finish SSR-Self -Selected Reading--I have the kids 1. take one minute each and tell something -important, interesting or exciting about the book they read
The partnershis are pre-selected- I have a chart and they find their buddy for the day) 2. Then two regularly scheduled folks do a book talk, followed by a question from a girl and a boy.. This is rather an informal- formal proceedure -Mrs.--- boys and girls I would ----or something similiar--etc. What has really exploded into a real exciting outcome of the SSR block is library time. Scheduling has been very tight this year and since I do 4 blocks--I try to get all the blocks in daily--well to keep a long story short--I asked the librarian if I could do SSR during library time. She does the read aloud anyway, I conference quickly with my 4 pre-selected students, the others are choosing their books, and then sitting down to read. After all is done we do our book talks--because we are the last folks on Friday afternoons to use the library--we take our time and we are there for about 45 min. The librarian is soo impressed. Since we started this in Nov., she says she cannot believe the growth in quality of the book talks and the questioning. But what she says most impresses her is the patience,kindness and understanding that the kids have for each other. Marti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks >I agree about the 60 second book talk, that is what I do in my class. We >follow each one with them selecting 3 classmates to either ask a question >or give a comment. We are working on elaborating in our answers and >especially in their comments. Every one seems to want to tell the person >doing the book talk that they did a "good job" without giving them specific >information about why their talk was so good. I'm having a good time egging >them on to tell which details they liked, etc. Being specific is my mantra! > > The kids really look forward to book talk, and after the first week or so > of shyness, they beg, plead, bargain to be the one who goes today! We've > had to write up a schedule to be fair, and will sneak in book talks in > those little moments when we finish something early. > > > > > > > > > > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
