3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian: Another Fun Skype and TACKK Discussion for the Global Read Aloud

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Another Fun Skype and TACKK Discussion for the Global Read Aloud

Tomorrow we will finish up our read aloud titled The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. I think all of us, including myself, are sad to see this wonderful story come to an end. There is magic in enjoying books through read-alouds, and this is one story we all have loved! What makes it even better is that we have discussed and shared our thoughts with other schools around the US as well who are reading the same book.

Here are some pictures from our Skype last week with Mrs. Abbott's class. We have Skyped with them before, and I feel like we are one happy family! It was great to see their faces again and share our thoughts about what we are reading. They shared ideas that we had not thought about and vice versa.

Even though we are near the end of the Global Read Aloud story, I know we will continue to connect and share thoughts about our learning with others throughout the year.

We have been having great virtual discussions with a class from Wisconsin as well! The students chat and share thoughts with each other using the online program of TACKK. Their faces light up when someone replies to what they have posted or has a conversation with them without even being in the classroom. We are global learners in 3B!

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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

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Another Fun Skype and TACKK Discussion for the Global Read Aloud

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