I will present my third grade students with a specfic non-fiction topic. I will have a learning strategie page that they will complete before they read the selection. I will tell them they have five minutes to complete as much iformation as they can on this topic. They will be able to use what prior knowledge they have and the cover and title of the book to complete this part of the strategy. Each student must give at least 3-5 things they know or think they know the topic. After the given time period I will then instruct the students will be asked to turn their sheet over and read the book. After reading the book each student will then be asked to use the knowledge they gained from the book to complete the remainder of the guide. They will also be asked to compare and contrast what they thought they knew and what was fact about their topic. This lesson should be completed in a 30-40 minutes class period
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I believe this would be a very helpful strategy. It gets the student thinking and activating prior knowledge before learning takes place. It also makes assessment easy for the teacher to see what has been learned. A similar strategy I found was called Talking Drawings. Instead of writing, they draw, and then give an overall summary of whay they learned compared to what they knew prior to the days lesson. Good strategy. Thanks.
Posted by Heather Travis | March 17, 2009 9:52 PM
Posted on March 17, 2009 21:52