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Mar 20, 2011
Our collaborative team has been looking at how best to teach kids to read nonfiction. Our coach brought in a series of 5 lessons (I'll just bet they're from Harvey/Goudvis) that I've adapted to using WITH our social studies text. Here's how that looks:
The history lesson was French & Indian War. The reading lesson was notetaking. We read the history text together, bulleting notes (and with me telling it as a story a la Willingham). We stopped at the description of the difference in fighting tactics to act it out. Finally, we used our bulleted list to retell the event. And finally-finally, since we'd had a math test that day and had no math homework, I t...See More
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Sam5
On 3/21/11, cavey wrote: > I thought the French and Indian >> War was the French vs. the Indians. > > > You mean it wasn't? > > Glad you got your Social Studies teaching mojo back, Judy! It > sounds great. The stars aligned for a lesson for me tomorrow. I > am getting ready to start "Out of the Dust" and last week, I g...See More
dc
That's so awesome, Judy! It was fun reading your explanation of it. I agree, how wonderful would it be to teach every new concept/unit/lesson just the way that we wanted to with no time requirements and no need to "move on"! Keep up the great work.
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