Recommendation 3
Guide Students through focused, high quality discussion on
the meaning of text.
“High quality discussions should be part of the school day
because they have a great deal to with improving reading comprehension.”
My Discussion Goals =Higher
Order Questions
My students WILL be involved in deeper discussions next
year! Advice that I will use from the
IES Practice Guide……
1.
Focus more time on questions that integrate,
interpret, evaluate, and critique
a.
I spend too much time on questions that only
have my students locate and recall
b.
Students will understand the text more thoroughly
if they have to compare and interpret the text in different ways.
c.
Adapt for my younger students – Book Walks
i.
Thinking out Loud – Invite the kids into what
goes through my head when I think about the questions that I am tackling.
d.
Discuss high-order questions in small groups or
with a partner
e.
Examples:
i.
Why did _______?
ii.
Why do you think_______?
iii.
If you were the author_______?
iv.
What does ______ remind you of? Why?
2.
Have Students Lead Discussions
a.
Assign/Describe Roles for students
b.
Start Small – Start with discussing predictions
or summaries of the stories
c.
Give them higher order questions to discuss.
d.
Have the students make their own higher order
questions. (teach higher order questions)
e.
Have them prepare for discussions with text
codes
3.
Model, Model, Model
a.
It is so important to show students HOW to have
organized discussions.
b.
Set aside time to teach discussion skills
c.
Do not throw the kids into groups right away.
Discuss as a large group then move into sharing with a partner during whole
group time. Eventually move towards small group discussions.
Move from answering questions to thoughtfully
exploring the text.
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