3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian: First Day Wordle

Thursday, August 20, 2009

First Day Wordle

Wow! What a wonderful day! I am amazed at the talent, enthusiasm, and excitement I have in my class this year. It is going to be great! Today was spent mostly getting to know each other and doing various activities to start a routine in the classroom. We ended the day with me reading aloud First Day Jitters which leads the students to assume the character in the book is a student, but it is really the teacher on the first day! Cute book! The highlight of the day was when I had the students brainstorm words to describe the day and activities. I typed in the words and then created what is called a "wordle". I printed a black and white copy of the wordle but it looks really cool in color. If you'd like to see it, click on the following link: First Day Wordle The students were amazed and thought it was the best! I told them I would post some photos from day also. . . which I plan on doing tonight. Check in later. Thanks for sharing your kids with me!

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TamiAugust 20, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Looks like you all had a fabulous day. Mrs. Foster
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Reading Comprehension Strategies

Inferencing: Experienced readers make inferences as they read. Readers use what they already know and think about what they have read to construct meaning. The reader should ask themselves, "What I already know in my brain" and "What did I just read or see?" to make an inferences that is not stated by the author of person.

Determining Important Information: Determining important information is a strategy that helps us pick out the most important ideas we read. The first line of a paragraph may say the main idea of the page, but a reader should read through the details to decide what is the important information. The reader should ask themselves, "What is the author trying to teach me?"

Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from what you have read. Readers determine important information, make inferences, and visualize when summarizing. We use the graphic organizer of "Somebody....Wanted....But....So.....Then....". "Somebody" is the character. "Wanted" would be the what the character wanted. "But" would be the problem. "So" would be how the problem was solved, and "Then" would be the resolution or end.

Predicting:When a reader predicts, they use information from the text along with their own knowledge and experiences to make thoughtful or informed guesses about what will happen in the text. When your child is reading at home, encourage them to stop and share predictions he/she may have as they are reading.

Identifying Text Structure: Recognizing how a piece of writing is organized can help readers understand what is happening. There can be different ways a text is structured.

* Sequential - in order

* Cause and Effect

* Question / Answer

* Steps in a Process

When reading at home, discuss how the text is organized and structure.

Ask and Answer Questions: Experienced readers ask questions about the text in order to understand what they are reading. Asking questions helps readers visualize, monitor comprehension and determine important information. Answers to these questions may be found in the text, or put together from the reader's own experience. At home, parents can encourage students to stop and ask questions while they read and recognize when answers are within the text or needed to be answered by own experience.

Paraphrasing: When readers paraphrase, they tell main ideas using their own words. This helps them check their understanding of what they have read. At home, parents can encourage their student to read a selection, flip the book over, and tell them main ideas from their reading in their own words. Flip the book back over and read another section or page before flipping it over again and paraphrasing his/her reading.

3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian

Thursday, August 20, 2009

First Day Wordle

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