Sorry-I had trouble getting it through the first few times I tried-it's my
first response. Good luck next week. When you were talking about the
metacognition aspect it made me think of a lesson from Strategies That Work (I
think) where the teacher reads aloud and when she is thinking, she holds
No...
For predictions yes, as you can not predict what you already know.
But inference is different. When inferring, the clues or information given
are used to make a decision or inference about something, but it may
not be told or confirmed as you read ahead.
Example: The child stomped and
Hi All,
Forgive me for just jumping in, but I am so stressed at the moment and need
your collective wisdom. I am a candidate for National Boards (ELA Early
Adolescent). (I teach 6th grade ELA.) I am now working on Entry #2 Whole
Class Discussion. I have to send in 15 minutes of a video taped l
Hi Kim,
I am an NBCT (EC Gen) and I help facilitate candidate support meetings here
in my district. I have a couple of thoughts for you. First...what standards
are assessed in your entry? If one of your standards being assessed is your
knowledge of students then you need to make choices tha
If it's about building comprehension skills and it's for a video for you to
demonstrate my thinking would to be to go for non fiction and a very strong
read aloud. I would look at getting a picture book, and yes, perfectly
suitable for sixth grade, so that you are giving the ESL students suppor
Hi Jennifer and Suzie,
Thank you, thank you! You have given me much to think about. After reading
your posts, I do think the nonfiction is the way to go. The students are
interested in the topic, they can connect to it, it includes visuals and
features we've discussed. In fact, I have already
Hi,
I just passed my National Boards in Early Adolescent English/LA. I used a
fiction piece. I also had (still do) a large ELL population as well as 8
SpEd kids.I'd be happy to chat about the 2nd entry based n my own
experience. Feel free to contact me off line. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lise
Hi,
I think that your focus is a good one. However, you might want to consider some
scaffolding exercises for your ESL students. As for your ADHD students, think
about utilizing technology and employing them as roving reporters to those
groups of classmates who are in the think-pair-share format
