We had an amazing Monday and Tuesday. We had been waiting for these days since Kim got back from San! Antonio. Because the second and third grade session from the Get Your Teach On conference was so inspiring, we decided to go to the fourth and fifth grade session. Luckily, it was here in Chicago!
We didn't think we could learn any more, but we did! One of our favorite speakers was Hope King. She again explained how to help students determine the main idea and key details through her Get Your Neon Read-On. We have never been this excited to begin teaching this very challenging concept to our third graders. We have our neon glasses, pattern pair eye rings, and multi-colored highlighters ready to go!
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| If you ever want to know more about Hope King you can visit her website Elementary Shenanigans |
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| She goes into great detail about each of these reads and how to guide students through each one. |
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| This is one of the end results of reaching Get Your Neon Read On! The kids will love it. |
Elizabeth Raff is a sixth grade ELA teacher from Pennsylvania. Her presentation was one of the best we have ever seen. She shared effective, exciting, and engaging activities that will truly elevate our third grade readers to the next level of competency in their reading. She is someone everyone should follow on Instagram. There, you can watch how she engages her students as she teaches the elements of plot. If she can get her sixth graders this involved and engaged, we know we can hook in our third graders!
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| Definitely follow her on Instagram. |
Get Your Neon Read-On is not the only fun activity we are going to start this week. We are also going to begin Elizabeth Raff's poem of the week idea. We are going to give our students a favorite Halloween poem called, Watchdogs. We are going to read the poem with movements and expression, and then our students will mirror what we do. Throughout the week, our students will practice reading this poem for fluency and also adding their own movements with a partner. We will also use the poem to annotate the text, answer comprehension questions, and experiment with using different expressions as we read. On Friday, each group will perform their interpretation of this poem for other classmates.
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| How lucky I found this on the discarded books shelf! It has amazing poems. |
We can hardly wait to get to school tomorrow!
Kim and Anne
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