Hi Mary, I am also a second grade teacher and I was wondering what kind of graphic organizer you are using for text structure? I will soon begin a Habitat Unit and then the students will write their own bird reports. I was wondering what your anchor chart and symbols looked like? Thanks so much Andrea
>>> Jane Watson <jwats...@lincolnschools.org> 03/15/09 1:26 AM >>> What is the mirror and light bulb - I must have lost that discussion! Jane On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:03 PM, mary mullin <laxmom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jennifer, > I love your suggestions about using the mirror for explaining description > and the light bulb for cause and effect. I also teach 2nd grade and we have > been immersed in text structures for the past 3 weeks. For each structure > I've found big books that are have each structure. AS we read and explored > more nonfiction texts with a variety of structures my class and I created > an > anchor chart with our class definition of each structure, key words and > symbol. We also created a body movement for each structure. This week > students worked in pairs and coded every 2 pages(using our symbols) of a > variety of nf books and shared out their findings. Our librarian had the > class use the smartboard to highlight key words and then code written > examples of each structure. This week each child will make their own > referral chart text structures that includes structure, definition, key > words, possible topics, symbol and graphic organizer. This chart will then > been used to help students move into researching and writing about a topic > of their choice.WHEW! I see my class working on this for another 2-3 weeks. > I've had lots of help from another 2nd grade teacher and reading teacher > from another school in my district along with the reading teacher and > librarian in my school. It's an intellectual challenge to find a way to > make text structures understandable to 2nd graders. I've really enjoyed the > digging and reading that helped me make this all work for my class. So I > was > thrilled to see your posting because your suggestion last month about using > the staircase to make biographies understandable was so helpful. I know > you'll have different ways to approach text structures. mary > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Jane A. Watson Curriculum Strategist Ruston Elementary School 200 N. Bernard St. Ruston, La 71270 FAX # - 318.255-4728 Work # - 1.318.255.4714 _______________________________________________ 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.
