How does making connections help us learn?
Objective: Students will identify connections between ideas in literature and informational texts.
1. Word of the Day #13: palpate
2. Language Lab #10
3. Writer's Notebook #15: We made a "connections web" for our individual reading book. First, place the book's title in a circle in the center of your page. Then draw other circles branching off the center circle that show characteristics of the book (examples: genre = science fiction; setting = corrupt dystopian society; theme = the importance of books and reading).. Finally, make connections to other stories or events that connect to these ideas. (Examples: Divergent and The Hunger Games also have corrupt dysopian societies. The Book Thief and Dead Poets Society are also stories about reading.)
4. We read independently for 15 minutes and completed a reading log using the reading strategy of making connections.
5. We discussed how our ability to learn comes from building connections and how the meaning we find in reading comes through the connections we make.
6. We found connections between the study strategies listed in the article "9 Weird Study Tips." We create a chart which grouped these strategies into 3-4 categories. Then we read the article "Highlighting Is a Waste of Time: The Best and Worst Study Techniques," annotating each time we found a new study strategy. We added these strategies to our chart. Finally, we used parenthetical citations to indicate which study strategy came from which article.
For next time: Remember to bring a reading book.
Objective: Students will identify connections between ideas in literature and informational texts.
1. Word of the Day #13: palpate
2. Language Lab #10
3. Writer's Notebook #15: We made a "connections web" for our individual reading book. First, place the book's title in a circle in the center of your page. Then draw other circles branching off the center circle that show characteristics of the book (examples: genre = science fiction; setting = corrupt dystopian society; theme = the importance of books and reading).. Finally, make connections to other stories or events that connect to these ideas. (Examples: Divergent and The Hunger Games also have corrupt dysopian societies. The Book Thief and Dead Poets Society are also stories about reading.)
4. We read independently for 15 minutes and completed a reading log using the reading strategy of making connections.
5. We discussed how our ability to learn comes from building connections and how the meaning we find in reading comes through the connections we make.
6. We found connections between the study strategies listed in the article "9 Weird Study Tips." We create a chart which grouped these strategies into 3-4 categories. Then we read the article "Highlighting Is a Waste of Time: The Best and Worst Study Techniques," annotating each time we found a new study strategy. We added these strategies to our chart. Finally, we used parenthetical citations to indicate which study strategy came from which article.
For next time: Remember to bring a reading book.