Remember to vary the ways students read. Varying different ways for students to read accomplish several objectives, as well as build self-confidence in fluency, vocabulary, and speaking aloud. Differentiated instruction can be made into routines to show students we all learn differently.
Category Archives: DOK 3
Questioning Stems add on help
Begin with the end in mind. Remember when you are asking higher-order thinking questions regularly in classroom practice and small group reading analysis, be sure to ask questions on your midway, chapter, and end-of-unit test. For example, if the assessment asks the student to infer the author’s purpose in a phrase or word choice, beContinue reading “Questioning Stems add on help”
ELA and Mathematics Can Be Taught Together
Like Stem and Science Education, using related literature and non-fiction articles can prove great integration of ELA and mathematics and social studies. Take the current disaster of the decade whether it is Hurricane Katrina or earthquakes in Syria, find the statistics of what level the hurricane or earthquake happened, and explain the chart levels toContinue reading “ELA and Mathematics Can Be Taught Together”
Classic Poetry for elementary grades.
Let’s go from the top. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Coleridge. Does that scare you? Nah! Let me show you a section you can pull and teach to upper elementary they will love, be engaged, and be motivated to learn. Lines 71-119 focus on the section of the poem where the mariner shootsContinue reading “Classic Poetry for elementary grades.”
Can I use harder texts to teach younger grades?
Yes, you can. A few tips are needed to get it to be successful. Remember, use classic poems to reach DOK 2 and 3 for higher-order thinking skills. Try using an excerpt instead of a full text. When choosing an excerpt, be careful to cut out a section that has meaning, metaphorical connections, or themeContinue reading “Can I use harder texts to teach younger grades?”
Common Core Objective Study. Need an opportune quote for the moment a character in the book messes up? Here’s one.
Common Core Objective Study. Need an opportune quote for the moment a character in the book messes up? Here’s one. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.” 0 Abraham Lincoln When a character from the book you are reading in class makes a mistake withContinue reading “Common Core Objective Study. Need an opportune quote for the moment a character in the book messes up? Here’s one.”
Quotes for paired texts that include characters that have underrepresented honors
Quote: “It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.” -Mark Twain Use Twain’s quote to help introduce the character that will do things for the good of people and not for personal gain or recognition. Paired Texts that work well with the quote examples: Themes:Continue reading “Quotes for paired texts that include characters that have underrepresented honors”
Classic Fiction Quotes that Set of a Paired Text Unit Ideas
“I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women’s fickleness.” – C. Harvile, “But they were all written by men.” -Anne Elliot Oof! It seems that when a text is written by a female, perhaps the telling is different than by a man.Continue reading “Classic Fiction Quotes that Set of a Paired Text Unit Ideas”
Literature quotes aimed toward classic literature for the classroom
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. -George Bernard Shaw “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Dumas is one of my favorite “secret holder” books. Some of the best classics give the reader secret information about the family skeletons and you have the whole book toContinue reading “Literature quotes aimed toward classic literature for the classroom”
More poetry ideas for the elementary classroom
Whether for paired units or as the set to introduce a text, good poetry close reading analysis is needed for future problem solvers and the rigor of standards-based instruction. Here are a few more ideas for poetry in the elementary classroom that aligns with the rigor needed for good standards-based instruction. Heroes of the TitanicContinue reading “More poetry ideas for the elementary classroom”
ELA On The Move 