I can't even begin to tell you how much fun it has been to drop in on your instruction yesterday! One of my highlights was watching Ms. Akers work with a small group on Main idea and supporting details. What I found so cool was that in her small group you could really see her scaffolding the boys in learning the strategies to pick out the Main idea and details themselves.
THEN....I went back to her website because I wanted to see the video she had that went with the lesson. You could see and hear how she uses modeling in the video (I do) and the gradual release in the small group (we do). Check out her video here:
In a science small group, Ms. Peniston had a different way she reached her students. She had preplanned questions and video clips from a science demonstration. The students would watch and then she would push their scientific thinking with asking about their hypothesis and predictions.
As you become more entrenched in virtual teaching and learning remember the basics of good in-person teaching and use your resources and technology to maximize what you do with kids:
Be super clear on your purpose for the videos and for the small group...
Taped lessons are for modeling STRATEGIES that help our students become self-regulated learners.
- I should hear a lot of "I do this when I read the passage...I think this..." "when I see a problem the first thing I think about is..," "When I come to a word I don't know"
- I should see visuals -- show your students how to interact with the text.
- I should hear and see your "I can" statement.
- I should hear you say, "After watching this, you will be able to.."
- Students should be doing most of the talking -- this may take a while, but use wait time...
- Ask your students to tell each other what they are thinking about when they are doing the strategy you are teaching them. To prompt that ask things like, "how did you decide that was the main idea? Bryan, do you agree?" "How did you know that the character was anxious?"
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