Today’s Strategy:
Interactingwith Text
“Good readers have a constant dialogue with the text as they read.”
– Kylene Beers
Independent/Partner Reading
Three strategies to interacting with the text:
Book Marks
Post-it Connections
Overlays for annotations
BookmarksStudents mark specific “look-fors” as they read
* Mark My Words – vocabulary, interesting words
* Marking Time – track events, chronology
* Question Mark – record question as read
* Mark the Bold – bold-faced text is noted
Kylene Beers, When Kids Can’t Read
Mark My WordsName: Class:
Word:Pg#My Thoughts:
Symbol:
Word:Pg#My Thoughts:
Symbol:
Word:Pg#My Thoughts:
Symbol:
Question MarkName: Class:
Pg#My Question:
Response:
Pg#My Question:
Response:
Pg#My Question:
Response:
EXAMPLES
ApplicationRound Robin:Take 2-3 minutes to share with your table…• What kind of bookmark might work in your
class?• How might you …
• Modify for your subject?• use as a monitoring tool?
Post-it ConnectionsStudents use Post-its to monitor understanding
as they read:Make Connections
• Text to self• Text to world• Text to text Jot Thoughts
vocabulary questions main ideas
“It’s No Party”Please take a moment to read the first page of
the article “It’s No Party”.
Read like a student…what connections might you
make?what might stand out to
you?
?Why does Special K make you not able to move?
V.What is
“dissociative” ?
QuestionsVocabulary
!!!Ketamine
hugely affects people – even 1st time usersMain Idea
Jot Thoughts
T - TPCP story said same type of experiences
T-SI would never want to feel this out of
control. Why?
T-WHow many
drugs started out as
medicines?
Making Connections
ApplicationPartner Read:Quietly read aloud with your partner, alternating turns at each
paragraphRead from the heading “What is Ketamine?” on p. 19 to the
bottom of page 20.After each set of readings (2 paragraphs), stop
Post-its:At each stopping point, either Make a Connection or Jot a Thought
about what you have readEach partner may make their own comment, or you may agree on
one as a pair
Reminder: Making Connections:
Text to Self Text to World Text to Text
Jot Thoughts:VocabularyMain ideasQuestions
Then Where Do They Go? Independent notes
Transfer to a two-column guide Post-it / Comment or more details
Group activities Discussion / question points Group summary
Chapter poster Anchor chart in the room
OverlaysAllow students to interact with text, and make
annotations, when copies are not availableGreat modification / accommodation
Supplies:Overhead transparenciesSharp tip transparency pensPaper clips (2 each)
Modeling is important!
Math ExampleAccentuate the Negative, p.43
Michael Johnson set a world record by running 400 meters
in 43.18 seconds at the world track championships in 1999.
Florence Griffith Joyner set an Olympic record when she
ran 100 meters in 10.62 seconds in 1988.
How long would it take each runner to run 1,000 meters at his or her record speed?
Try annotation on your copy