Activating and Connecting
A famous author's picture books, great for primary students to start thinking about connections to the text
Who is Kevin Henkes?
Owen
Sheila Ray the Brave
Chrysanthemum
Code you use to categorize a question that is answered.
What is A?
What BK represents
What is Background Knowledge or Building Knowledge?
"Thoughtful Readers" should...
...ask questions...
...connect parts of text...
...take time to seperate...
...make inferences...
Does this make sense? p. 112
Code you use to categorize a question that requires further research to be answered.
What is RS?
Background knowledge of reading strategies-asking questions, monitoring comprehension, and making inferences.
What is "Thoughtful-Readers" anchor chart?
Word added to a KWL chart to help revise misconceptions when learning something new.
What is Think?
What We Think We Know and New Learning
An example of a digital chat tool you could use for having students' questions presented to the class
What is (Examples:) TodaysMeet (no longer available), Poll Everywhere, Backchannel Chat, etc.?
A way you can build knowledge.
What is Research (or any other acceptable answer)?
p.116
"Connections in Common"
What is sharing a name, birthplace, or relative with a character, you have that in common?
A good picture book to use for Primary or Intermediate students when starting the questioning strategy.
What is Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie?
p. 127
Assessing activation and building knowledge when reading informational text.
What is looking for evidence where they merge background knowledge and new information?
(through sticky notes-L, or Independent notes)
2 of the 4 ways to have students express their questions and "wonderings" in the classroom.
What are Wonder Boxes, Wonder Books, Wonder Walls, or Genius Hour?
Can scaffold students' understanding and build background knowledge as they learn new topics.