Being that I have recently begun student teaching in a sixth grade language arts classroom, I was excited to read what Janet Alsup and Jonathan Bush had to say about secondary literature and reading pedagogy. Yesterday my mentor teacher incorporated modeling of reading comprehension processes into her classroom, and today the students participated in literature circles. I was so encouraged by the student’s responses to these strategies, and felt excited to see firsthand how well they really do work. I have only been with these students a short time; however, I have never seen them so engaged with a lesson. The students listened intently as their teacher modeled her own comprehension processes yesterday, and today in their literature circles they read to one another and discussed their own comprehension problems. Has anyone else yet had the opportunity to see these types of strategies in action, and if so, how well did they work in your classrooms?
Using Literature Circles and Comprehension Modeling in the Middle School Language Arts Classroom
October 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment
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1 lashley // Nov 7, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Ann,
I have tried the modeling technoque for my students as well. It came with a reading comprehension quiz given by the department. At first I forgot to even prpeare them for it, so I had the opportunity to see how well they did on their own. Before I gave the remediation quiz, I went over the old quiz, and we discussed how to narrow down the answers and what details and aspects of the question were important. I am curious about what your teacher modeled and how she modeled it. Could you tell us anything else?