Grade level: 2nd. Date taught: 4-29-11. Number of students: 2.
Rationale: The evidence that my focus students need to learn this skill is from talking with my CT about their comprehension levels, and looking through comprehension assessments in their portfolios. Both of them have pretty low confidence in their reading skills such as comprehension. In addition my CT said they could both use some help with questioning strategies. There are not however low achieving when it comes to comprehension. "Readers ask themselves questions about the text as they read (Duke & Pearson, 2002). They ask self-questions out of curiosity and as they use this strategy, they become more engaged with the text and want to keep reading to find answers (Harvey & Goudvis, 2007)." This is also a major part of my rationale because teaching students to formulate questions during reading is very important in comprehending the text and being motivated to continue reading the text to get answers to their questions.
Reading skill focus of lessons 1 and 2: comprehension, in particular questioning.
Objectives for lesson 1: Students will ask themselves and each other useful questions to help improve their comprehension of the story. They will do this before and during the reading.
Objective for lesson 2: Students will be able to answer a list of questions during and after I read a book to them. They will have the opportunity to have a small discussion about the questions as well.
Materials and supplies needed: The Three Pigs by: David Wiesner. My list of questions and possible probing questions to help scaffold their learning.
Introduction to lessons 1 and 2: Have either of you ever read a story about the three little pigs? Have either of you read this version of the three pigs? This is like the three little pigs, but has a lot of differences as well. Today, I am going to read you this book, and ask you questions about the book. It's really important you try to pay attention to the story as I am reading it so you understand what it is about. We will also talk about how you guys can ask questions to yourselves to help you understand what you are reading better. When I read, I am always asking myself questions about the book to heko me understand it better. I will motivate them by being enthusiastic about reading the book and providing an environment that shows them I care about their ideas and their learning.
Outline of key events during lesson 1: I will ask students to come up with questions they have about the book just by looking at the cover. I will also ask them to ask themselves questions as we are reading, and to share their questions with our group so we can all think about their questions. I will tell them I expect them to listen to the story being read, and to chime in whenever they have a question. I will also ask a question abouth the cover to model what I am expecting of them> I wonder why the author named this book the three pigs, and not the three little pigs?
Outline of key events during lesson 2: By using the comprehension continuum worksheet, I will ask some of the questions listed under merging thinking with content and aquiring knowledge. I will ask the following questions: What do you think? What did this book remind you of? Has anything like this ever happened to you? What is something new you learned? What do you think the author wants you to get out of this most? Some probing questions to help scaffold their learning: Why? What makes you think that? How did you come up with that? Tell me more.
Closing summary of lesson (since taught back to back, only one): You guys did really great today! What did you learn about during this? Do you think this is important? Why? Do you think you will be able to use your questioning skills in all the books you read from now on? Did you two enjoy this book? This lesson? How do you think I could do a better job next time?
Ongoing assessment for lessons 1 and 2: I will monitor Katie and Matt's learning by listening to the questions and answers to their own questions and my questions. This will help tell me if either of them or both of them need more work on questioning skills. They will continue to need help with comprehension skills throughout their learning careers, but if they need help comprehending this particular story.
Based on what I know about my focus students, Matt may need my help with focusing back in on what we are doing. I will do so by reading with enthusiasm, and asking him and Katie questions. If he seems to be off topic, I will ask him to generate another question for me about the text, and/or ask him if he has come up with an answer to any of his previous questions.
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