What Readers Need by Katherine Smith https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195 Made with panache en-us 2018-10-09 16:16:47 UTC 2018-10-09 16:31:47 UTC hello@padlet.com What resonated with you? katherine_smith8 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290851809 2018-10-09 16:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290851809 What questions do you have? katherine_smith8 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290851977 2018-10-09 16:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290851977 Non-Fiction https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852143 The fact that students experience and read non-fiction texts sparingly in the curriculum...especially during elementary (4 mins a day). ]]> 2018-10-09 16:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852143 marcia_addy https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852498 "No one ever asks the coach why his players are practicing on the field, and no one asks the music teacher why students are playing instruments during practice times"]]> 2018-10-09 16:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852498 "Most kids by this age read nonfiction two levels below the level they read fiction" (p. 22). I hope this is a consideration in the new Social Studies adoption. https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852712 2018-10-09 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852712 "meta-analysis of 180 intervention students showed that for learning-disabled students, one of the three conditions that alIow for achievement is that the difficulty level of the task must be controlled enough that the learner can be successful" --Made me think about the Sped kids in my non-ELA kids who just can't seem to get through the reading handouts. I wish there was a way to get these at a more appropriate level for them (without rewriting every one). I feel like there are a lot of options in my ELA class, but not in this one. lisa_brownell https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852735

]]> 2018-10-09 16:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290852735 kristen_mcmurtry https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853351 "You don't learn to drive by taking a car apart and studying every tiny screw and cog that goes into making the car. You need to practice driving." Wiggins ]]> 2018-10-09 16:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853351 Reading Time in School https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853419 Students need time to read... It's not a waste of instructional time. There needs to be a balance between explicit instruction, reading practice and assessment.]]> 2018-10-09 16:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853419 Time to read kimberly_bakanec https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853611 Given time to read throughout the day 

]]> 2018-10-09 16:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853611 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853955 That research shows that students should be given time to read and that the one study that people use was not a comprehensive study]]> 2018-10-09 16:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290853955 How much time do you give students to read in class? amanda_wright1 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854091 2018-10-09 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854091 pg 27-28 talks about involving students in the assessment - how do we get students to engage HONESTLY with assessing their reading? marcia_addy https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854107 2018-10-09 16:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854107 Best way to move students up levels of text complexity? katherine_smith8 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854610 2018-10-09 16:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854610 When you teach reading, you are teaching a skill;--like driving a car. And when anyone teaches a skill, the learner needs to be doing the thing. p19 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854683 Yes! Also stamina is critically important skill that reading for 20 minutes a day develops, and nothing can replace that time of actual reading. ]]> 2018-10-09 16:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854683 Teaching Thinking erin_werner https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854851 ---> "Teaching reading is teaching thinking" (25)
---> "Talking and writing both provide concrete, visible ways for learners to do the thinking work that later becomes internalized and invisible" (25).]]> 2018-10-09 16:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854851 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854881 Feedback, peer discussions, and opportunities to reason will elevate our readers' thinking and reading skills.]]> 2018-10-09 16:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290854881 Reading Comprehension christina_burns2 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855062 Since even as adults we avoid reading texts where we can't read with 99.5% accuracy (21), and children are no different. How do we help these already reluctant readers when the books in our classrooms may be too advanced? Or even the stories we read as practice in class is too difficult to comprehend? ]]> 2018-10-09 16:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855062 The key element in Vygotsky's theory of learning is that "all higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals". https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855514 2018-10-09 16:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855514 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855739 The biggest skill people are missing aka our students is the ability to communicate both written and oral.  ]]> 2018-10-09 16:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855739 Conferring with students. amanda_wright1 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855751 2018-10-09 16:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855751 Student Book Choice Question https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855958 I always find it challenging to steer lower/ reluctant readers away from the giant, popular tomes towards something more in their ZPD. How do you best deal with this?]]> 2018-10-09 16:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290855958 kristen_mcmurtry https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856183 "Difficulty of the task must be controlled enough that the learner can be successful. This is nowhere more important than for students who struggle" (21).]]> 2018-10-09 16:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856183 Conferring erin_werner https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856475 ... you begin to see profiles of readers and categories of challenges...]]> 2018-10-09 16:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856475 great point https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856749 2018-10-09 16:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856749 amanda_wright1 https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856837 I feel the power of the read aloud is important for this. Having a variety of different books at different levels, but for mentor texts, I often will do a read aloud to help those students. ]]> 2018-10-09 16:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_smith8/w7izuqlxs195/wish/290856837