This course is full of engaging Read Alouds of stories meant to affirm students and their individual identities. After the Read Aloud, students will engage in conversations around the powerful messages and big ideas in the texts that we read. At the start of each class, we will review Effective Conversation Norms - the roles within a conversation (speaker and listening) and what makes each role effective. My teaching style prioritizes student that and independence. The most engaging strategy has been to prompt students with strategic questions - allowing them to tap into prior knowledge along their process of accessing new knowledge.
Week of May 29th: Topic - Making Connections with characters by analyzing their words, thoughts, and actions.
Week of June 5th: Topic - Analyzing Things that authors do to make their books interesting for readers.
Week of June 12th: Topic - Understanding the Plot of a Fictional Text by thinking about Characters, Problems, Solutions, and Lessons Learned
Week of June 19th: Strategic questions to ask while reading, providing a deeper understanding of the text