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