Strategies that Work
Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking
• Read Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking from Strategies That Work that was included in your syllabus packet.
• What areas discussed in Strategic Thinking do you feel you do a good/have done a good job modeling and teaching in your classroom? Share any areas of improvements that you would like to focus on.
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Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking
• Read Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking from Strategies That Work that was included in your syllabus packet.
• What areas discussed in Strategic Thinking do you feel you do a good/have done a good job modeling and teaching in your classroom? Share any areas of improvements that you would like to focus on.
Please click on comments below to leave your post.
posted by Christi Slowey at 6:29 PM
2 Comments:
As I was reading chapter one I was thinking about reading in my own class. I think that I do model thinking for the students often. I also think this is one thing that they do fairly well. They are always making connections when we read and want to tell stories that are similar to those read. I have not gone to the extreme of writing what I was thinking down though although I think the students would like to do this. One area where I thought I could see improvement was in my questioning. I think I sometimes get in a rut with literal questions. I think I focus on getting grades and assessments done and these questions are the easiest to grade and do.
The chapter and the other blog posts are interesting reading. Everyone is doing such a good job teaching kids to read. It's impressive to read what everyone is doing.
I think I do a pretty good job helping students make connections between what they know and what they are learning. Whether this is a connection to other content or things they have experienced personally, I try to help guide students to make the connections by asking good questions. When we're looking at westward expansion I use a Textbook Activity Guide (TAG). In one part students read about a family that heads west and then the students are asked to recount a story of when they moved to a new place or went to a new school.
Something I would like to improve on is guiding students toward more synthesizing of information within and across texts and reading experiences.
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