Lectures

Lectures [|Into the Book] Goals: interesting way to teach comprehension • Online resources 8 strategies – with symbol • using prior knowledge – use what I know to help understand something new • making connections – make questions to understand what I’m reading • visualizing – create a movie in my mind while I’m reading • inferring – use clues • summarizing • evaluating • synthesizing Into the book- reading.ecb.org • 9 – 15 minute videos for classroom use • 9 – 10 min videos for PD • web site with interactives and lots of materials for teaching • (tv show available) “into the book behind the lesson” for each strategy there is a tutorial and activity for each reading strategy (includes audio – can turn off) there is also a little video of a classroom that helps explain the strategy videos are geared toward grades 1-3 little primary • activities are very similar to performance assessments o written in different genres and text structures o activities are written step by step (include audio if student wants) there is quite a bit of reading – probably right on level for 5th grade. Timeslines etc… included o Task is visual • Teacher page has links
 * Online Tools for Reading Comprehension Instruction**

We have to allow students to "create" things in order for them to be creative. It is a muscle that must be exercised in order to improve. Using Legos to build robots captures students' interest and allows them to make something that moves and comes to life. During the presentation, the presenter modeled using a PC based animation software that students would create animations in order to share with other students. Their animations would include text and story lines. The creations became world wide and students from different geographical areas began collaborating on projects. I came across a similar, and easier software, to use called [|animation-ish]. In this software, there are levels of animation for levels of proficiency. The students can then share their creations with others.
 * Grassroots Creativity**