Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Reflection: Reading as Thinking
Reading Chapter 2, Reading as Thinking, encouraged me to think about reading in a different way. I think reading can be a complex subject area to teach at times. I enjoyed reading about these strategies and thinking about what I do in my classroom. I think it's important to ask questions before, during, and after reading a text. Sometimes before reading a story we will make a word web or circle map about a topic we are going to discuss/read about. This enables me to see what prior knowledge my students might have. It's helpful to revisit our web or map as we read or even after. Sometimes students will read stories aloud to their class and they will get upset when their reader doesn't show them the pictures, in which I encourage them to paint a picture in their mind. We also use a highlighter as a way to find specific words with phonics patterns or parts of a story before and after we read.
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I agree about the importance of asking questions before, during, and after reading a text. It sounds as though you already use a variety of strategies to support your students' reading process. Our goal is to help our students become independent readers, but they need us to teach them how to do that -- to teach them how to read strategically.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading chapter two about reading as thinking, it too made me think of reading in a different manner as well. Especially because I am a second grade teacher who teaches all the foundational skills in hopes to build their reading proficiency. But this method doesn't see it that way. It was an eye opener for me. I will question my reading strategies as I continue to teach reading.
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