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Read 680 Classroom Modeling-1
Read 680 Classroom Modeling-1
minutes)
Do a book walk for the story Spring
Is Here! by Mary Packard (go over
the front/back, title, author,
illustrator, title page, and show each
page of the story). I will point out
what the baby animals and the grown
animals look like and how they may
be similar but not identical. (<5
minutes)
Tell the students we will be making
connections with the story. We will
make connections text-text, textself, and text-world. Tell them we
will talk about how we can relate to
the story. I will have a chart for
Resources Needed:
Spring Is Here! by Mary Packard
Making Connections anchor chart with a picture of a student, a book, and the
Earth
The 5 senses Mr. Potato Head anchor chart
I decided to model this lesson because the teacher said this is something that her
students do not know what it is yet. I decided to model this lesson to show the
students how to make connections by connecting the signs of spring into the story.
I was hoping they would be able to connect with the story to understand what it
means to make connections when reading. I hope the teacher understood that
these students can be taught several things even if they do not understand it one
bit the first time. It may take several lessons for them to fully understand the
lesson but you have to start somewhere no matter how challenging. I would
encourage the teacher to review with the students throughout the day (reading a
story, watching a movie, in other lessons) about what it means to make connections
while reading. I would continue to support this teacher by encouraging her that it
is okay for the students to not understand the first time the lesson is taught and
to help her find ways to teach the students so that they will eventually learn.
My own reflection:
Students did not know what it meant to connect or what a connection was so I
had to explain more than what I thought I was going to do. They understood
making a connection to other stories and to themself but not to the world. They
really enjoyed the story and main character describing what there is to see, taste,
touch, smell, and hear during spring time. They absolutely LOVED the Mr. Potato
Head with his 5 senses! They wanted to keep that in their classroom and play with
it.
Subject: Reading
Resources Needed:
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
Making Connections anchor chart with a picture of a student, a book, and the
Earth
I decided to model this lesson because the teacher said this is something that her
students always need extra help with. She said they struggle with making
connections while reading their stories. I taught the lesson by reviewing what it
meant to make connections and to connect with something, the importance of
making connections while reading, and the ways we can connect with reading. I
believe the teacher is capable of teaching this lesson very well because she is very
knowledgeable but I want the teacher to understand how you can make it more
entertaining for the students. I believe they will not want to learn if they get
bored so I tried to make sure I was keeping all of their attention focused on the
story and making connections. I would encourage the teacher to use this technique
in other lessons to increase the students knowledge of making connections while
reading. I would support this teacher in her instructional methods by modeling
other lessons and helping her if she has any questions about certain ideas.
My own reflection:
The students were not able to give examples of connecting a text to the world. I
tried my best explaining it but I believe that is just one that is hard to connect to
anyways. They were able to make some great connections with the story to
themselves and to other texts. They said they really liked my chart I made that
reminded them there are three ways to make a connection- to yourself, to other
texts, and to the world.