Writing about reading

We like to talk about the stories we read. Spoken words disappear. We could record them, but the you need a tool  for listening. How could we record our thinking so it would be visible in a journal or in a classroom?

This week we are looking at different ways to present our thinking.

For a whole class work I purposefully use picture books. We can read the story in a shorter amount of time, they are more accessible to English language learners, and we can focus on comprehension and strategy practice.

I read:

Then students reread the text, highlighting what they thought was important or made them react and think.

Today students worked alone or with a partners to create a summary, a time-line, character comparison and thought bubbles with visuals.