Paul and Brandon working on their culminating activity. (See below for the details about it.)
Kaila, Bryson, and Aaron working on their culminating activity. (See below for the details about it.)
Eileen, Haizen, Brian, and Lily working on their culminating activity. (See below for the details about it.)
Mariana, Alex, Pherson, and Tatiana working on their culminating activity. (See below for the details about it.)
For our culminating activity for the text we've been reading, teams are making a poster by answering the three questions on their task card. Each team had two of the same questions but question #2 was different. My goal for this lesson was to focus on higher level questioning and having students use team work for this activity. Teams will share their posters in a new and fun way next week.
The activity we focused on before this poster was an AVID reading strategy called Marking the Text or Close Reading. Students read a passage and answered ten questions. The next day we read the same passage and they numbered the paragraphs, circled key words, and underlined important phrases and descriptions. The following day the students read the passage again and Marked the Text by writing questions or statements in the margins. After we finish these posters, I am going to give the same ten questions to the students again and am looking forward to seeing higher scores because of our CLOSE READING!
I'm proud and happy with all of my classes and students! I want to thank their families for their continued support ... :)
Aloha,
Mrs. Manoske
P.S. The above picture shows JP, Sydney, Anthony, and Kenny working on their culminating activity.
I bought this book to help me teach lessons on "reading closely." My goal is to empower my students to really focus on and examine different elements of texts closely. May this kind of reading become a habit forever. :) I'll add more information as we go...
Aloha!
Cindy Manoske
I an trying my BEST to motivate and INSPIRE my students to LOVE reading! Many students are using Kindles to read during our silent reading time in class. I know that I really like my Kindle!
I'll be reading a read aloud to my students called Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. It's about an 11 or 12 year old who has Cerebra Palsy and can't talk or speak or walk ... but oh is she ever smart. But no one knows! I have just started the book, and I can't wait to find out what happens.
My quote of the day and my reason for reading aloud to my students: You can only read and comprehend as well as you can listen and understand. :)
I'll be modeling good reading strategies for my students through the strategy of "think aloud." As we come to difficult words I will demonstrate through thinking out loud how to find out what it means. When we read a simile or an alliteration or any figure of speech, I will show it on the screen and talk about how this helps the reader visualize the scene ... etc. !!
Our theme this month and next month: Thankfulness. I will tie it into everything we do.
"I am thankful for my job, my students, and for my students' families. Being a team with you makes it all work."
You may call me at home or school anytime ...
Mahalo!
Mrs. Manoske
I enjoy my homeroom SO much!!! I'll update this picture since there were a couple of students absent. :)
