Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great start to the year. I thought I might share what is new in my corner of Maryland in comprehension strategies. Some of you might remember that I have had some interest in teaching comprehension at the early childhood level. I read Tanny's book over the summer and was so impressed with her work and the possibilities it held for young and also learning disabled learners, that I shared it with two colleagues...one in Kindergarten and another in first grade.We started by taking Tannys' ideas and combining them with some of the things we have already been trying with RWM, STW and Starting With Comprehension. We are planning six week strategy units with these ideas and are starting now with Monitoring Comprehension. We have also been looking into Japanese Lesson study as a means for professional development and decided we could use this format to learn more about teaching comprehension strategies to the youngest of learners. So here is what we are doing. We are doing an initial lesson to introduce each strategy and are planning to use the lesson study format as we plan. My first grade colleague will be teaching our first lesson on Friday and my K colleague and I will go into her classroom to observe. Afterwards, we will debrief and replan the lesson based on what we observed the students do in reaction to the teaching moves made. I will be teaching the lesson a week or so later to a grade 2 class full of strugglers. My colleagues will come watch me and then we will repeat the process for my K colleague. I know that each class is of a different age group and that makes traditional lesson study a little problematic but I AM excited to have such an opportunity to collaborate. I plan to post the final version(s) of the lessons here so you all can benefit from what we have learned...but I wouldn't mind hearing from any of you that have tried lesson study with comprehension lessons. Anything I need to know to help smooth the way??? What exciting plans do all of you have for comprehension lessons this year? Please share and let's get the discussion going! Jennifer
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