Friday, January 11, 2013

Room 52 Reading strategy posters

 Yesterday we were reviewing some of the reading strategies we have used in the class this term.  Before I got into the "academics" of doing it, I told the class that using reading strategies happens everyday without being aware of it.

I used the example of Matthew describing a situation of bumping into a student from my class year.  Unfortunately, they did not have a very friendly relationship but they had to read one another to figure out where they stood.  Here is the notes I wrote from the board and a brief explanation of each one.

prior knowledge had to do with the relationship they had in the past  they both realized they knew someone in common and had to make sense of this  Matthew had to decide and evaluate if the conflicts from the past would be an issue and if a conflict might happen

 I was hoping that might have helped the class understand why understanding these types of strategies is important.  I then went on to show them a photo of an coming reading exercise we will be doing.  The students then had to respond to the prompts in their Literacy folder:

The classroom on Friday was pretty bare.

I did not mention this for homework, but if the students are looking to review their multiplication skills, they can use this link to take them to the copies of the worksheets they use in class:  http://nmes.nbed.nb.ca/teacher/gallery/learn-your-multiplication-facts-5-days
There was a quiz yesterday with the majority of students scoring perfect.  We will be moving on to the next day of numbers for multiplication on Monday.

Have a good weekend.