https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi Think Big with Think Alouds by Molly Ness en-us 2018-08-06 16:55:16 UTC 2018-08-14 14:29:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png charmion_mohning https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/272098320 Read the second chapter of Think Big with Think Alouds. Reflect on your own experience with think alouds. What strategies do you think were overused? What strategies were underused? Which of the five areas do you want to incorporate more of this school year and why? Be sure to add your name to your post. ]]> 2018-08-06 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/272098320 charmion_mohning https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/272098321 Read the first chapter of Think Big with Think Alouds. Write about how think alouds impact reading comprehension in the classroom. Cite any research as needed. Be sure to add your name to your post. ]]> 2018-08-06 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/272098321 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048358 Think alouds give a clear model to students who do not have the innate ability to make connections on their own. Teachers need to be deliberate in what they choose to share with students when doing a think aloud. Teks that need to be reinforced or tied to other lessons can be addressed in the Think aloud. Planning for the Think Aloud with sticky notes at stopping points is imperative for the process to be successful. Page 16 of the book stresses the planning phase of read alouds.

]]> 2018-08-14 13:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048358 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048363 Think alouds build a student's independent abilities to comprehend his or her reading.  I like the idea that think alouds allow readers to monitor their own comprehension. (p 9) The process occurs through a gradual release of responsibility (Pearson & Gallagher, 1983a). I think this is important, especially for reluctant and struggling readers who sometimes "don't know what to do." The think aloud would build confidence in kids who feel like reading is hard and burdensome. Think alouds have a clear connection between the text and the strategy or skill that you are teaching and modeling.  Page 9 gives the example of using a mystery to model how to make predictions.  Tuck Everlasting, which I've read before with my students, could be used to model thinking about making inferences and thinking about author's purpose (page 9).]]> 2018-08-14 13:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048363 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048377 Think alouds allow the teacher to model reading/thinking strategies for students who do not have the ability to make connections/inferences or comprehend fully their own text independently. By "thinking aloud" while reading, the teacher is able to model for students how to approach their text while reading and show the types of thinking that are possible and then gradually allow the student to "think on their own."  
"Think alouds require a reader to stop periodically, to reflect on how a text is being processed and understood, and to relate orally what reading strategies are being employed." (6)]]> 2018-08-14 13:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048377 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048397 Think alouds require the reader to reflect upon what they are reading and then discuss the reading, which overall shows reading comprehension. "Think alouds require a reader to stop periodically, to reflect on how a text is being processed and understood, and to relate orally what reading strategies are being employed." (Page 6) ]]> 2018-08-14 13:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273048397 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273051596 I did Read Alouds with Think Alongs many moons ago. Years ago while teaching in SBISD I had the opportunity to listen to speakers promoting Think Alongs. I continue to see the value in the process. I know I tend to overuse reacting to characters' feelings or actions. I need to work more on inference and repeated ideas. I want to work on including more on my thinking related to how I draw conclusions and make inferences. This skill is particularly difficult for students. We are rethinking our notebook system and want to go back to more basic Thinking while Reading to help remediate those students who simply do not seem to get it. Page 33 of the text discusses this.  ]]> 2018-08-14 13:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273051596 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273052181 The think aloud strategy I used the least would be synthesizing. The think aloud strategy I used the most would be asking questions and monitoring/clarifying.  I think it's the easiest to ask questions and monitor/clarify since it's mostly about basic reading comprehension. I need to model more synthesizing strategies to help the students not only understand what's going on "right now" as we are reading, but how it relates to the whole book. This would even help with finding the theme of the story itself. ]]> 2018-08-14 13:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273052181 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273056687 Out of all of the suggested think aloud strategies, I overused the strategy of asking questions. This is probably because questions are a more immediate thought process while reading. I would like to incorporate inferencing, synthesizing, and monitoring/clarifying into my read alouds more this year. These strategies are deeper and require more rigorous thinking on the part of the reader. I love the sentence stems included for each type of thinking, and I plan to chart each of these on my classroom walls, My favorite quote from this chapter was "Think alouds build student engagement by turning passive readers into active readers" (25) because students (especially my ESL group) need that engagement and opportunity to really think about their reading in order to increase their comprehension skills.]]> 2018-08-14 13:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273056687 https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273056731 2018-08-14 13:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/charmion_mohning/xpeobvauw8pi/wish/273056731