1. Independent Reading: Formats for Responding to Text Presented by: Robyn Marsden-Mentor Teacher Carroll County Public Schools rcmarsd@k12.carr.org

2. Agenda WhatWhyHow Warm Up (10 minutes)To Focus Participant Learning Small Group Discussion: Why have do we have students respond to text? To determine purposePartner Discussion, Power Point Demonstration of Response formats To meet the needs of all learners Power Point Photo Story Questions (10 minutes)To Address Concerns Closure (5 minutes)To provide feedback for presenters Plus/Delta

3. Why do we have students respond to text?

4. What does the VSC Say? General Reading Comprehension: Students will discuss reactions to and ideas/information gained from reading experiences with adults and peers in both formal and informal situations

5. Formats Verbal Responses Worksheets/Workbook Pages Journals Literary Circles Projects Technology

6. Verbal Responses Verbal responses allow for an immediate evaluation of a student’s understanding of the text. Teachers can evaluate these responses during guided reading groups or individual reading conferences. In both cases it is important to phrase questions so that students use higher level thinking skills to arrive at their answers. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a great resource for developing one’s ability to ask higher level questions.

8. Worksheets/Workbook Pages Worksheets and workbook pages are pre-made by the writer of a specific textbook Tailored Specifically to the Stories in an Anthology Require Little Planning to Use

9. Journals Reading response journals are a place where students respond to literature by recording their thoughts, feelings, reactions, and questions about the book they are reading. The content of student response journals can help you assess and develop their reading abilities and behaviors. Patterns of journal responses also help the teacher determine what guidance in instruction they need next. When writing a reading response journal the student should consider the following as a response: –A) Retell or summarize the story –B) Connect own experiences in the story –C) State opinion and provides support –D) Interpret the author's meaning –E) Makes some predictions or hypotheses –F) Asks question –G) Makes some personal reflection

10. Examples: Store Bought: Self Made Composition Book Spiral Notebook Binder Collection of Pages Bound with Book Binder

11. Resources for Using Spiral Notebook or Composition Book

14. Resources for Using A Binder or A Collection of Pages Bound with a Book Binder

18. Literary Circles In Literary Circles or Book Clubs, kids choose their own books and talk about them in groups. Students take turns asking and responding to questions from their peers. Using a set of generic, predetermined questions, teachers can guide their students thinking. Students may share questions they have about what they’ve read or ask for clarification of unfamiliar words.

19. Great Books for Getting Started with Literature Circles Making Literature Circles Come Alive Amy Hamra - A Unique Approach to Literature Circles Moving Forward with Literature Circles Jeni Pollack Day - Inspiring book, easy to read, great for upper elementary Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles Jeni Pollack Day, Nancy Steineke- Outstanding resource, especially for middle and high school teachers Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs Harvey Daniels - An updated version of the Harvey Daniels classic Getting Started with Literature Circles - Excellent resource for all teachers - great section for K-2 teachers

20. Resources for Literary Circles

25. Projects Diorama Flip Book Posters Advertising Their Book Create an Award for Your Book Timeline Mobile Write a Letter to One of the Characters Create a Comic Strip or Cartoon

26. Technology Research a question related to the text Windows to the World:Online Journaling http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ Photo Story to Retell Events: http://joecarr.wikispaces.com/photostory http://joecarr.wikispaces.com/photostory

27. Using Photo Story to Respond to Text Teacher Creates a Folder with Pictures Related to the Text Students Open Photo Story and Choose Begin a New Story Following the prompts, students pick photo’s they feel will best help them retell the story After pictures are added, students add captions to retell events When captions are complete, students continue to follow prompts to finish their story and turn it into a short movie

29. Additional Resources Power Point and Handouts from this session: http://readerstoolbox.wikispaces.com/Res ources http://readerstoolbox.wikispaces.com/Res ources Listing of My Favorite Internet Sites: http://del.icio.us/, I am, rcmarsd http://del.icio.us/

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