Wondering Wizards!
Reading to learn Literacy design
• Rationale: The
purpose for reading is to read for a purpose however conveying to
students what
that purpose is can sometimes be difficult.
The purpose for reading is reading comprehension!
In order for students to become successful
independent readers they need to master this important skill. In order to achieve this skill students need
to wonder by asking themselves questions as they read such as what?
Why? And
How? This lesson will focus on equipping
students with the questions to ask in order to thoroughly understand
the text
they are reading.
• Materials:
Mr. Rover Takes Over, by Grace Maccarone;
copies for each
student
Butcher
paper/ board
Paper
and pencil for each student
Checklist
for each student (for the teacher to assess)
Did the
student summarize the story?
Did the
student ask themselves questions and write them down?
Did the
student silently read?
Was the
student able to reread and accurately convey to the teacher that they
understood
what happened in the book?
Markers/
highlighters for grading & using to write student responses on the
board/paper
• Procedures:
1.
The teacher would
introduce the subject
by asking her students questions and engaging them in dialogue for
example she
may ask, who can tell me what they did
this morning? A student may answer with “I got up, brushed my teeth,
took a
shower, got dressed for school, ate breakfast and then got on the bus. Then the teacher would ask why they did all
these things such as brush their teeth etc. to which the students would
probably be confused. The teacher would
then explain that they brush their teeth to be healthy and have good
breath and
they ate breakfast so that they could have energy for the day right?
Well just
as I asked questions about someone’s morning and what they did, why
they did
something and how it happened we should ask similar questions when we
read so
that we can comprehend what is happening throughout the book.
Can
anyone tell me why they think it is important to ask questions
throughout a
book they are reading? The teacher will write their responses on chart
paper or
the board.
2.
Then the teacher will
review reading
strategies. Who can tell me what silent
reading is? That’s right it is reading
to yourself. Now when I read silently
does that mean I stop asking myself questions about the characters or
what is
going on in the story? {NO,} of course not, it just means that I am
such a great
reader that I can do all of these things in my head instead of out loud. So remember when you are reading silently not
to forget all the other great things that you do when you read and that
if you
get to a really hard word that you need to decode out loud there is
nothing
wrong with that!
3.
Ok so I am going to
show you how I read
silently. The teacher would model reading a page to herself & then
say
these are the questions I asked myself while I was reading: Why did the
author choose to put the character in this situation?’, ‘How does this
affect
the story?’, ‘How does the character respond to the situation? By explaining the process and the types of
questions
asked the students will have a better idea of what questions to ask
when they
are silently reading.
4.
Ok,
soon we are all going to read the book Mr.
Rover Takes Over, by Grace Macarone by ourselves silently. But first let’s come up with some questions
you all think may be important to ask when you are reading. Then call on different students and add in
any suggestions such as make sure to ask what is going on, why is that
happening, who is the main person who is dealing with this conflict etc. Then the students will be dismissed to their
seats where they will begin reading.
5.
When
you are done reading get out a piece of paper and
write a summary of what happened in the book.
Include questions you asked yourself throughout the book.
·
Assessment: Each student will read
their summary to
the teacher. The teacher will check off
that they asked themselves at least two questions about the book and
that they
have an accurate summary.
• Reference:
1. W-w-w-w What do you
know? Jessica
Freeman
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/explor/freemanrl.html
http://rhlschool.com/reading.htm
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/voyages/taylorrl.html