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Running out of ideas for reading groups!

by lauryn gray

Apr 1, 2012

I am a third grade teacher and I try to do fun games and books but trying to still keep it educational. I need more things for center and for activity with Mrs.ReKansas (ast. Teacher) For center this week I have choose a game called Readers Comp. I don't they enjoy it very much because you have to read about a job then write why you like or don't like it. Activity with Mrs.ReKansas is wrtite a poem. Please help me! ThanKs! ~ Lauryn Gray

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Bev-MI ret. On 4/01/12, lauryn gray wrote: > I am a third grade teacher and I try to do fun games and > books but trying to still keep it educational. I need more > things for center and for activity with Mrs.ReKansas (ast. > Teacher) For center this week I have choose a game called > Readers Comp. I don't they enjoy it very much because you >...See More

Apr 2, 2012

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SamerS On 4/01/12, lauryn gray wrote: > I am a third grade teacher and I try to do fun games and > books but trying to still keep it educational. I need more > things for center and for activity with Mrs.ReKansas (ast. > Teacher) For center this week I have choose a game called > Readers Comp. I don't they enjoy it very much because you >...See MoreOn 4/01/12, lauryn gray wrote: > I am a third grade teacher and I try to do fun games and > books but trying to still keep it educational. I need more > things for center and for activity with Mrs.ReKansas (ast. > Teacher) For center this week I have choose a game called > Readers Comp. I don't they enjoy it very much because you > have to read about a job then write why you like or don't > like it. Activity with Mrs.ReKansas is wrtite a poem. > Please help me! ThanKs! ~ Lauryn Gray

Hello Mrs. Gray,

I've been using a really cool teaching method lately. It's called the Mind's Eye. You can use any book you'd like to share with the students for this activity. It could be about a topic you are currently learning in math, science, or social studies, or a specific genre that you are covering for the week. Write down about 10 to 20 key words from the book on the board. Hand the students a sheet that is broken up into 4 parts; pictures, predictions, questions, and connections. Have students try to connect the words together and make a story out of them by visualizing what the story might look like. Students then will draw pictures of their visualizations in the pictures box. They can next make predictions of what might happen in the story. The questions box is for any questions that they still have after their visualizations. The connections box is for them to write about real life experiences that they had that connect to the story. Remember, what they are writing will not be the actual story in the book since they haven't read it yet. Their mind's eye graph will play the role as a prewriting device that will help them develop a creative writing piece.

For reading groups, you can meet with each group and read the actual story. Students will begin to see how same or different their versions are from the actual story, which will keep them engaged. You can make the second center for drafting their version of the story. Another center could be used to complete a Venn Diagram where they can compare and contrast the story with their versions. Finally, you can students complete a comprehension sheet for the story. Of course, you don't have to do all this in one day. But it's just an idea that you can use and incorporate into your reading center blocks.

Good luck!

Apr 2, 2012

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