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>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Questioning in Texts
>Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:56:58 EDT
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>To follow up on Lori's replyLinda Hoyt'
One of my favorite activities in 2nd grade for questioning is finding and
sharing biographical information about an author. This leads to TONS of
questions that we then can transfer into a letter to the author.
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Debbie Miller uses what she calls anchor charts throughout each unit of
comprehension (strategies) They anchor kids thinking to the mentor text the
teacher might be doing as a read aloud or as shared reading ...and they also
serve the same purpose for kids during their self-selected reading.
Melanie,
I am not currently teaching, however, I am working on my Masters in
Elementary Education. One of the Chapters in my text that I just finished
reading
focused on asking Questions. At the end of the chapter the author (Debbie
Miller) gives several books that have been tried and
Hello,
What are Debbie Miller's anchor charts/ Where would I locate them? Thanjs!
Pat d.
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> Melanie,
> I teach first grade too One of the easiest ways to generate questions
> is to just say I wonder there is even a children's book by
Hello Melanie,
Yes, I am another first grade teacher.This is the perfect
opportunity for modeling a think aloud strategy while reading a text.
I find that children really do not understand the difference between a
question and a statement.
I use an activity to teach my students how to par
Hi Melanie,
I don't use questions words per say but instead I model asking authentic
questions as I'm reading. I often start my questions with the following
phrases: I wonder why or I wonder if or something to that effect. Pretty soon,
the kids start doing the same.
Elisa Waingort
Calgary, Can
To follow up on Lori's replyLinda Hoyt's resource about nonfiction in
the classroom provides specific activities to focus on comprehension. For
example... Linda suggests reading a paragraph at a time, covering the
paragraph,
remember something from the text and then say something/write s
Scholastic has whole series of nonfiction question and answer books. The
heading is a question and the answer follows. I have found it effective to
use these and then work with other nonfiction. After reading a paragraph
(or page) or two, I ask kids, "So, if this were a question and answer book,
Melanie,
I teach first grade too One of the easiest ways to generate questions
is to just say I wonder there is even a children's book by that name that
does an excellent job of modeling that very statement. Do not disregard
the need for continued modeling and then gradual releas
Hello!
I am currently teaching 1st grade and I wanted to ask your advice
regarding books to teach Questioning. I have introduced the unit already,
but my kids are having difficulty forming actual questions. I have
brainstormed a list of question words, but I was hoping that you could give
me som
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