Hi,
The organizers were included in the toolkit. They were just basic advance
organizers to encourage them to think about the selection. One, the FQR had
a column for facts, questions and responses. I graded them based on
how well they completed the organizers, how they participated in the
discussions, etc.
Kim
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RIT with Stephanie Harvey continued... - Kim
What were your organizers like that you used while you read? Are they in
the files section? I struggle with giving the students grades over their
comprehension of their novels. Right now, I have them complete a
reflection
journal as the read. They predict before reading, write wonderings during
reading, and write a one sentence summary and a reflection statement after
reading. They do this each day. I'm just not sure how to grade their
journals.
Regarding the toolkit...I just jumped in with both feet and let it guide
me.
I was so impressed with how deep and rich the student conversatons were
(with one another) and as a class. We did *not* do any of the typical
comprehension questions at the end of our reading. Rather, we completed
organizers while we read, left tracks of our thinking, paired and
shared,
had group discussions, then came back together as group. The students
actually transferred the strategies to their other subjects!
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