Lower Elementary Literacy: We're Lit by Todd Soper https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2019-06-15 15:08:42 UTC 2019-06-27 18:57:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Learning Cycle 5- Osiris pinkychica079 https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369191553
  • What is a think aloud? What does it afford students?

    • A think aloud is when the teacher is adding a verbal component to a lesson in which they are vocalizing their thoughts about a text to model for students critical thinking and effective thinking strategies for deeper thinking and questioning. It is a problem-solving process that affords students the tools to be able to solve problems independently when faced with unknown circumstances, usually when reading texts. They are able to internalize the teacher’s models and use that as a way to think deeply about their own text using context clues and Good Reader techniques. 

    1. How do reading comprehension strategies support think alouds? 

    Comprehension strategies allow readers/students to make meaning of text. They do this through strategies like visualization and making inferences which are modeled in read alouds which they are able to use themselves when engaging with text.


    ]]>     2019-06-25 23:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369191553     Paige https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369356914 1. A think aloud is a problem solving process in which readers verbally think and stop to periodically reflect on what they have read. For a teacher it is important to model purposeful comprehension strategies during this think aloud because it provides explanations and scaffolding. Through this modeling, the students develop higher level thinking and comprehension skills which allows them to score higher on comprehension tests.
    2. Through the use of comprehension strategies students are able to make meaning of the text they are reading. Comprehension strategies that they use include predictions, visualizations, inferences, activating prior knowledge, and making connections.]]>     2019-06-27 01:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369356914     LC 5 - Aurora https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369365783 A think aloud occurs when a teach models appropriate questioning of the text to assist students in comprehending the text. Think alouds can focus on questions, predictions, making connections between self/text/world, restatement, re-reading or several other methods. The think aloud strategy helps students understand practices they can use to help decipher the text. When students are able to decipher text they become competent sense makers who can examine their lives, the news, and events around them to construct their own understanding. ]]> 2019-06-27 02:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369365783 LC5- Alexandra https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369471973 Think alouds are a method of reading out loud to students that allow you to model to reading comprehension skills like making predictions, visualizing the characters, and flexible thinking in correcting previous comprehension policies. Through think alouds, you help scaffold student learning so that scholars can become effective readers. ]]> 2019-06-27 18:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369471973 LC-5 Sophie https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369472801 1. A think aloud is a method of teaching that exists to aid reading comprehension. Think alouds focus on specific parts of the text or interpretations of the text such as questions, predictions, and visualizations of events or characters. Think Alouds aid students by supporting the entire picture of text interpretations beyond just reading for answers. Think Alouds provide a more well-rounded reading experience. These strategies help students make sense of the text and its place in the world.]]> 2019-06-27 18:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/toddosoper/bg4vasuk7eox/wish/369472801