I am excited to introduce the students to the six signposts that they need to begin looking for in their books. The six signposts come from Kylene Beers and Robert Probst's book Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading. Students will become more active readers by looking for six signposts in their books. It allows them to slow their reading down, think more deeply about it, and become more engaged with the text. I encourage parents to become familiar with these signposts through this website, and ask your child to look for these during his/her reading at home. |
There are a total of six signposts that the students were briefly introduced to, but we will be focusing on one for a week, so that students can really practice them in their independent books. As guided practice, we will be using short video clips, short texts, and our read aloud book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, but Kate DiCamillo. This week, we are looking more deeply at the signpost of Contrasts and Contradictions. Basically we tied this into real life. Imagine you eat lunch with your friend every day at the same table. All of a sudden, one day, your friend has their lunch,looks right at you, and then goes and sits at another table. That would be the opposite (or contradiction) to what you thought they were going to do. Author's put these contradictions in their writing. Characters act in a way that may surprise us or may be contradictory to the way they've been acting all along. Once we spot this in a book, we need to stop and ask, "Why is the character doing that?" That will help us think more deeply about a book. Students found a spot in their own books where they found a contrast and contradiction. They jotted it down on a sticky note and wrote why they think the character did that. They then stuck it on a jot lot. Students will get their sticky note returned with some feedback on their thinking.
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