2. Encouraging Literate Conversations
• The post-it note explosion☺
– The author used exquisite language.
– The author created strong emoHon in you!
– You have a clear image.
– You have a quesHon.
– What happened causes you to say “Wow!”
– You have found phrase you want to use.
– From Student Diversity, 2nd ed.
3. Reading Moves: What NOT to Do –
Allington, EL, Oct 2014, Vol 72, #2
• Asking students low-level quesHons aQer
they’ve finished reading
– “not a single study demonstrates that this pracHce
actually leads to improved reading
comprehension”
– Need literate conversaHons
• WriHng aQer reading
• Having conversaHons about texts students have read
• Higher-order quesHons
4. The Life Cycle of a Salmon
Jennifer Forbes & Cathy Van der Mark,
Gr. 3, Smithers
Learning IntenHon:
-idenHfy powerful words to increase our
vocabulary when describing the life cycle of a
salmon
2 hours
19. Why is volcano surfing risky?
• Read with the quesHon in mind.
• Answer the quesHon, with a partner, orally.
• Answer the quesHon in wriHng, using as many of
the key terms from the text as possible. Can you
give 3 reasons? 4?
• In Crazy Challenges – Jill Eggleton
• Key Links Literacy
20.
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22. Building Reading Strategies
• Reading is always about understanding.
• What strategies did you use to make sense of
this text?
• Compare your strategies with those of your
partner.