https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3 What suprised you? What changed, challenged, or confirmed your thinking? What did the authors assume that you already knew? en-us 2018-05-28 17:01:53 UTC 2018-06-19 12:57:30 UTC hello@padlet.com mckimj https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785428 On page 5, the au5hors started two things happened when implementing the signposts: “students began using the questions more quickly on their own” and “students began generating more of their own questions.” This confirmed my thinking because we (Lisa Catlin and I) definitely saw the same results with our students. Our learning students students were absolutely interacting more with the texts. ]]> 2018-06-19 12:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785428 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785439 I was surprised/challenged by the deeper definition of independent reading, not simply being the act of decoding and understanding.]]> 2018-06-19 12:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785439 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785444 I was surprised that there was such a common list of texts. I wonder why those particular texts resonated with so many teachers.  
My thoughts were confirmed that students do not know what to do while reading and many low level learners rely on explicit instruction to learn and can't work well independently.
I think the authors assume we are well versed on how to determine what books are the right books to choose.]]> 2018-06-19 12:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785444 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785468 Meaning happens when associations are awakened within the reader’s mind. It must be the mind +the text to work!]]> 2018-06-19 12:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785468 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785539 -I was surprised how the titles compiled had enough similarities to create signposts.
-Using bits and pieces of Notice and Notes before training confirmed the enthusiasm of colleagues as well as students.
- I was wondering with their distance of Texas and Florida, how did they know each other in order to create this?]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785539 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785559 It surprised me how students answer questions using signposts without prompting.

]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785559 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785586 I was not surprised by the top titles taught grades 4-10. I also like the idea on page 6 about challenging each book and even the author as students read. Coming from a 9th grade perspective, students are always trying to disprove the legitimacy of a novel or author. This keeps them invested and interested. 

]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785586 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785587 What was confirmed- that meaning takes in “...the thoughts and experiences and predispositions...” of the reader. For ELs, this means they need to activate their background knowledge. But the teacher needs to be aware that their background knowledge may be very different from students raised in the US.]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785587 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785632 Something that really surprised me is that it works with every novel! It was something that worried me when I first started looking at the big picture, how will I get it into the classroom. Being a substitute at the moment, I would say the author assumed that I have my own classroom with strategies I already use. ]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785632 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785635 I was not surprised by the specific books commonly used in schools. That being said, most of these stories are quality reads and should be innately interesting to students. The authors assumed that we have a general understanding of each of these books.]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785635 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785684 The authors confirmed my thinking that we need to help students find the right books. “They will need you to put the right books in their hands, books in which they can lose themselves...” (pg.6)]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785684 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785687 I was surprised that they saw a difference in student response to the sign posts when they shifted to one anchor question for each signpost.]]> 2018-06-19 12:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785687 tanczose https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785790 I was surprised with the titles that were on the 4-8 list. There were titles that I thought were very mature for that age group, and other titles I was surprised not to see. 

]]> 2018-06-19 12:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785790 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785860 The idea of restricting the signposts and questions was confirmed in what the authors did -and the students responded with questions of their own. 

]]> 2018-06-19 12:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785860 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785986 Reading on page 2 that the authors notice students plowing through a book just to be finished confirmed what I have seen many students do in the classroom. I enjoyed erading that the authors of the book have a desire to create kids who are curious about reading.]]> 2018-06-19 12:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267785986 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786023 The idea that reading is an interaction among the text, the reader, and the reader's background to then create meaning confirmed my belief that reading is a complex, collaborative, and independent activity. That said, I took away other ways to engage readers, by encouraging further reflection and guiding them to creating their own questions about the text. 

Additionally, I was not surprised by the commonly taught novels. I remember reading quite a few of these works as a student! ]]> 2018-06-19 12:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786023 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786038 I was surprised to see the 25 most common books for each level. ]]> 2018-06-19 12:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786038 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786240 That part that confirmed my thinking was the reality that we all want students that read with such caution, such observation, and such curiosity to emerge themselves into the book. With this immersion, we get a reader who places themselves into the shoes of the characters and compares their own life to the plot line of the text.]]> 2018-06-19 12:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786240 myersr6 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786241 I am surprised that with the Notice and Note strategies, students who were normally not students who liked to read, now couldn't put reading materials down!

]]> 2018-06-19 12:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786241 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786252 I agree that students need to learn the skills to interact with the text and think critically without teacher directed questions. The signposts give students something concrete to look for to move beyond comprehension and increase analysis.]]> 2018-06-19 12:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786252 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786270 I was surprised to see the 25 most commonly used novels, grades 9-10. I asked my daughter which ones she had read and only one was on the list. ]]> 2018-06-19 12:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786270 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786495 I was surprised at how long ago the process of this strategy began and how far they have come in the process.]]> 2018-06-19 12:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786495 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786576 I was surprised to see how many different texts that they hadn’t read to find the similarities in the texts to pull the sign posts from.  
I knew that the students were not always engaged with their reading unless the text or content was of interest for the students, but wasn’t sure if the solution.]]> 2018-06-19 12:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267786576 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267787267 By using signposts, students begin to use the questions without prompting and begin to generate more questions on their own. ]]> 2018-06-19 12:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267787267 https://padlet.com/jstover/h1xj40cq39c3/wish/267787676 I was surprised to read that passive learners benefit from the anchor questions. They can become independent reader when they begin asking their own questions.

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