COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES +
TECHNOLOGY AND WRITING
INSTRUCTION =
GREAT COMPREHENSI
ON GAINSJamie Johnson, LMS,
Norman Public Schools
Lori Sharp, Literacy Coach,
Noble Public Schools
"THE FIRE OF LITERACY IS CREATED BY THE EMOTIONAL SPARKS BETWEEN A CHILD, A
BOOK, AND THE PERSON READING. IT ISN’T ACHIEVED BY THE BOOK ALONE, NOR BY THE
CHILD ALONE, NOR BY THE ADULT WHO’S READING ALOUD
—IT’S THE RELATIONSHIP WINDING BETWEEN ALL THREE, BRINGING THEM TOGETHER IN
EASY HARMONY." — MEM FOX
READING MAGIC: WHY READING ALOUD TO OUR CHILDREN WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER
Why are you
wearing the shoes you are today?
QUICKWRITE:
PETE THE CAT: I LOVE MY WHITE SHOES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUubMSfIs-U
PETE THE CAT: ROCKING IN MY SCHOOL SHOES
“I’m
ROCKIN’ in
my
SCHOOL
SHOES …
I’m ROCKIN’
in my
SCHOOL
SHOES!”
COMPELLING CONNECTIONS CHART
Poll Everywhere
• Go to NEW MESSAGE on your cell phone
This is the number: TYPE 37607 • In your message TYPE 147168:
Type YOUR connection•Send your message and enjoy reading everyone else’s connection!
WALLWISHER
GLOGSTER
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” -John Dewey
“Do not confine your children to your learning, for they were born in another time.” -Chinese Proverb
“The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what another generation has done.” -Jean Piaget
TEXT CLUES / INFERENCES
“Salvador, Late or Early”
TEXT FEATURES
STRATEGY: SWBS
Write your own obsessive six-word memoir!
SIX-WORD MEMOIRS
BROTHERS ARE THE GATEWAY TO TROUBLE!
– HALEIGH
I NEED TO BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE!
– NICOLE
BULLIES HAVE MORE STRENGTH THAN BRAINS.
– NOAH
