T-A Step 3: Stating my purpose: When I read to my kindergarteners, I have a specific purpose in mind. However, as you mentioned, we do not always think to voice this purpose to our students. I plan to work harder to teach my students some process strategies such as making and adjusting predictions and leading them in characters' experiences so that they can predict what characters might do and feel. My expectations in this are that they will begin to see the value of being able to make these predictions in their reading and also in real life. I hope to eventually see them putting these strategies into practice on a regular basis.
Step 4: Read the text aloud to students and think-aloud as you do so: While I always name text features such a title and illustrations while reading to my kindergarteners, I have not been as careful to point out the importance of the first few lines of the text in setting the stage for the rest of the story. I plan to be more deliberate in using verbs such as, "I wonder, I think, I predict, I bet, or I'm confused about..." to emphasize the mental moves we will be making in our reading. I will also use phrases such as, "Let's read further to find out...". This will create an anticipation and purpose for further reading. My hope is that this will help students learn to use some strategies that are used by expert readers in understanding new text.
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These are wonderful ideas to get the students thinking. I believe having students to predict, encouraages them to read. Also, illustrations are very important, especially for primary age children. I love to see the students own illustration of the story. Some students can be very creative.
Michelle
I believe we should concentrate on one area instead of trying to teach a whole lot of consepts in one week or with one story. For example if we are teaching fiction and nonfiction then we should concentrate on it all week.
Rhonda Fox
I think it is a good idea to let the students predict what they think the story is about by looking at the cover, sometimes we will ask what they think is going to happen next.
I think it is a good idea to let the students predict what they think the story is about by looking at the cover, sometimes we will ask what they think is going to happen next.
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