Archive for GIS Reading
Brainy Connections
Check out these video clips that actually show what happens in your brain when you make connections and learn new things! Watch with your family members and ask if they have ever seen anything like this before.
How your brain makes connections (with narration)
How your brain makes connections (without narration)
What do you think about these video clips? What do these videos tell us about how we learn?
Mrs. Cox is announcing your connections!
Mrs. Cox needs more blog comments to read on the morning announcements! She is looking for some thoughtful responses to this post…
Think about something you have read recently. What connections did you make to the text? What did it remind you of (something you have already learned, another book you have read, something you have done in the past, etc.)? Make sure to include how this connection helped you understand the text.
Let’s booktalk!
A booktalk is a brief summary of a book. Tell us about a great book that you have read recently. Don’t forget to get us interested in your book by telling what is important about the characters, setting and the problem. Be careful not to tell us too much, though – don’t give away the solution or the ending!
October’s Thinking Strategy – Summarizing
What is your favorite movie or TV show? Tell us a quick summary. Remember, when we summarize, we include the characters, setting, problem, solution, ending, and theme.
What do you predict?
This is a mysterious book called The Widow’s Broom. Based on the interesting cover and other illustrations, what do you predict it will be about?
Changing Predictions
Wow! We make predictions all of the time! Many of you mentioned predicting while you play sports, while you watch movies, and other daily activities.
Think of one of those times when you made a prediction, and then you had to change it. Explain how and why you changed your prediction. For example, maybe you changed your prediction about a movie because of something unexpected that a character did.
September Thinking Strategy – Making Predictions
Our first thinking strategy this year is Predicting. Predicting is when you make an educated guess on what will happen next. We talk mostly about predicting during reading, but what other times do you predict? Remember, this is a THINKING strategy, not just a reading strategy!
Students and families – Please post a comment explaining another time that you make predictions.
Summer Reading
What was the best book that you read over the Summer? What made it so great?
