Building a Classroom Community Of Readers, Writers, & Thinkers.

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Building a Classroom Community Of Readers, Writers, & Thinkers

Buzzing Effectively Helps us share different points of view, connections, & ideas Helps us trouble- shoot vocab, content, figurative language, etc. Allows for equal sharing of ideas

Exploring Essential Questions Forces higher critical thinking Encourages discussion & debate Leads to many answers & viewpoints Expands the view of your thinking How do people communicate ideas? How do people who CAN communicate ideas have power over those who can’t?

Creating a Balanced Reading Menu Sampling fictionSampling nonfiction

Talking to Text: Post-It Based Conversations Asking Questions Predicting Making Connections Inferring Determining importance READING is THINKING

Sharing vs. Building SHARING Only saying your opinion Jumping from topic to topic No flow to the conversation Not using evidence from the text BUILDING Listening to all opinions and asking questions “talking long” about one topic Keeps conversation going (it FLOWS) Uses evidence from the text Gets you deeper into the questions You learn more about the text and other’s opinions