I liked seeing the lesson plan on the Power Point so that we could easily see the purpose (like shape of the day) The hook was awesome and really got my attention – I know students would LOVE it! So engaging and totally related! The focus on character analysis was so original and interactive Great activity for predicting and recall with the “who said what” activity
Group 2 I have never read Rikki Tikki Tavi, but have heard of it. It seems like a fun story to read with kids. You guys had some great activities. I find that students love sorting activities and this was a great way to have the students engage. We had one chart and envelope per group, but I can’t remember if you guys said you would have kids work in a group or individually?? I think that group work is great for those students that may have a difficult time reading the strips etc. Great ideas!!! Now I want to read Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Great job! - I loved the use of the Lady and the Tramp as a hook to activate prior knowledge and to get students thinking about characters. - The sorting activity was a great idea. It is definitely an engaging strategy that I would use in my own classroom. - I liked that you had students recall information after reading but focused on characters and their traits, rather than on plot.
Rikki Tikki Tavi I remember reading this book as a child. This book can reach into many different lessons. As stated by the group who did the presentation, Rikki Tikki Tavi is a part of the Jungle book. The Jungle Book has an association with the Boy Scouts, and I can envision many different lessons based on these books. I found this group way of looking at characters a great way to help teach reading. The group has shown that investigating the traits of characters and their motives help students to digest the understanding of text. I appreciated looking at the materials the group used. Obviously the group went to a lot of preparation to supply the class with the materials to see how this lesson would look in a real classroom situation.
I have never read this book, so I was a bit confused when you explained all of the different activities quickly! Perhaps an example of one of the activities or demo would have made the understanding more clear. But it was a great way of looking at reading comprehension by focusing on characters. I'm going to use this when I do "The secret of Og."
The hook on 'lady and the tramp' sure got my attention! It's nice you can still use these with older kids.
This was a really informative presentation! There were some dynamic ideas for assessment especially for gauging true comprehension. I haven't read this story yet so I was a little bit lost. Perhaps an excerpt or broader overview might help. Great job everyone!
I really loved the visual Hook to the lesson. The use of variety of activities to teach comprehension was great. Also, the character analysis (green) sheet was a great way to access students’ understanding of the story about characters. I liked how you put together three days activities in 20 minutes lesson. The other good idea that I liked was about showing the visual of the lesson plan on the power point. It was a great lesson Girls!!
What a great hook!!! The movie clip was a great way to engage your audience. It really set your presentation off on the right foot. The whole group kept an excellent pace through the entire presentation. It was quick, but you made sure to cover all of the important information. I was really interested in everything you had to say.
I really enjoyed the hook. Watching ‘Lady in the Tramp’ certainly brought back a lot of memories. What a classic! I liked how your presentation highlighted predicting and accessing prior knowledge by underlining words/vocab words. Also, I appreciated how the exercise would have students continually going back and checking their predictions. And as a teacher, you could really assess comprehension skills of the students reading with this activity. This is because the students were required to categorize not only quotes, which could be memorized, but also things about the story that must be inferred, so for these parts of the activity, the students would really have had to comprehend the story as they read. The use of characters as a focus was great! I especially liked the way the names of the characters in this story are actually the Indian word for the animal. What a fantastic way to infuse culture and language.
You definitely have a great grasp on a "good" hook. The use of a video clip is a great way to get students attention. I have never read the book before and would have liked to contribute to the matching activity, however if I had read the book like your students will have, I think that is a great activity to use to assess their knowledge of what they know! Well done
Hi Group 2, I really liked your presentation. When you said that you were passing out worksheets I was a little concerned, but they were really great. Although they were worksheets, they seemed more like a game. I can imagine that students would be incredibly engaged. I especially liked that you included different types of worksheets to accommodate different learning needs.
I really loved your idea of using character traits to promote (and assess) comprehension rather than the traditional focus on “plot”. What a great way combine the components of stories with comprehension and future writing. I have read “The Jungle Book” with my son, but I have not had the opportunity to read “Rikki, Tikki, Tavi” yet. I found my unfamiliarity with the story to be a problem when asked to do the “what’s in/what’s out” activity and the “character trait” sorting activity. Perhaps a short “book talk” that introduced the characters and the very basic plot would have been helpful with predicting and sorting. I am not sure how one would go about deciding whether a sentence strip belonged “in” or “out of a story that they knew nothing about, not even the names of the characters or what animals they were? Having said that, your choice of “worksheets” was still great; students really seem to enjoy doing group sorting activities. Not only are they fun but they also promote cooperative learning and provide differentiated learning. Thank you for the great ideas-excellent presentation! Shanie
I really liked the way that you introduced the topic with a video clip. I think this helps students get ready for the lesson as there is a focus, rather than just diving into the lesson. The activities that you incorporated into the lesson allowed for collaborative learning and sharing ideas. I think this is very important these days as the expectation for learning has changed. Learning use to be an individual process, but teachers are finding it more beneficial to work in groups as students can share their ideas and build from those ideas.
This was a really nice presentation, well coordinated, with lots of handouts and ideas for activities. I have read all the Jungle Book series, and I love Rikki, Tikki, Tavi. The only thing I could say was that, with not enough supporting prior knowledge, the Predicting activity was confusing for some students, amounting to more of a guessing game. Perhaps a little more introduction and discussion could be done first. The big green sheets made a good visual, allowing students to organize what they had read the day before and connect it to specific characters. I thought using comprehension and predictitng activities to develop an understading of character was really a good idea for this story, because it is the qualities of the main characters that stand out in the reading. This could open the way to examining character development for students' own creative writing. Nice job, thank you!
I really like the activity with the big sheet and paper strip that has prediction and character traits in it because of the hands on potential and students can arrange it in anyway they want before finalizing their answer. I also like the name chart as it provides explicit instructions on what students need to put in. 1 thing I would recommend if you were to do this presentation again is that you could pick a book that is short and simple that the class have read so we have prior knowledge actually be able to do the activity. For me, I find that actually doing the activity will leave a more memorable experience. Another possibility is to do a short book talk where you introduce the book in a minute and tells the audience what the book is about and the general story line. In Middle school, I heard that librarians only tells students some parts of the story to hook students into reading the book.
I have never heard of the story today's presentation and I will have to read it now because I'm so intrigued by your presentation!
I loved the predicting part where you give them strips of phrases that might be in, out or maybe in the story. I also liked the matching quotes to speaker activity that are done after students have read the story. Great way to see if they are paying attention or make them pay attention during the story because they know they need to do that activity after.
I loved the video clip I’m sure students would be hooked with this. Showing pictures to help build vocabulary was a great idea. The building comprehension by matching phrases from the story with characters I found as a wonderful approach and I never thought to use it with elementary students I only ever think of Shakespeare or older students so thank you for introducing this wonderful idea.
I liked seeing the lesson plan on the Power Point so that we could easily see the purpose (like shape of the day)
ReplyDeleteThe hook was awesome and really got my attention – I know students would LOVE it! So engaging and totally related!
The focus on character analysis was so original and interactive
Great activity for predicting and recall with the “who said what” activity
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ReplyDeleteI have never read Rikki Tikki Tavi, but have heard of it. It seems like a fun story to read with kids. You guys had some great activities. I find that students love sorting activities and this was a great way to have the students engage. We had one chart and envelope per group, but I can’t remember if you guys said you would have kids work in a group or individually?? I think that group work is great for those students that may have a difficult time reading the strips etc. Great ideas!!! Now I want to read Rikki Tikki Tavi.
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ReplyDeleteGreat job!
ReplyDelete- I loved the use of the Lady and the Tramp as a hook to activate prior knowledge and to get students thinking about characters.
- The sorting activity was a great idea. It is definitely an engaging strategy that I would use in my own classroom.
- I liked that you had students recall information after reading but focused on characters and their traits, rather than on plot.
Group 2: Characters – I was part of this group.
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ReplyDeleteI remember reading this book as a child. This book can reach into many different lessons. As stated by the group who did the presentation, Rikki Tikki Tavi is a part of the Jungle book. The Jungle Book has an association with the Boy Scouts, and I can envision many different lessons based on these books. I found this group way of looking at characters a great way to help teach reading. The group has shown that investigating the traits of characters and their motives help students to digest the understanding of text. I appreciated looking at the materials the group used. Obviously the group went to a lot of preparation to supply the class with the materials to see how this lesson would look in a real classroom situation.
I have never read this book, so I was a bit confused when you explained all of the different activities quickly! Perhaps an example of one of the activities or demo would have made the understanding more clear. But it was a great way of looking at reading comprehension by focusing on characters. I'm going to use this when I do "The secret of Og."
ReplyDeleteThe hook on 'lady and the tramp' sure got my attention! It's nice you can still use these with older kids.
This was a really informative presentation! There were some dynamic ideas for assessment especially for gauging true comprehension. I haven't read this story yet so I was a little bit lost. Perhaps an excerpt or broader overview might help. Great job everyone!
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I really loved the visual Hook to the lesson. The use of variety of activities to teach comprehension was great. Also, the character analysis (green) sheet was a great way to access students’ understanding of the story about characters. I liked how you put together three days activities in 20 minutes lesson. The other good idea that I liked was about showing the visual of the lesson plan on the power point. It was a great lesson Girls!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great hook!!! The movie clip was a great way to engage your audience. It really set your presentation off on the right foot.
ReplyDeleteThe whole group kept an excellent pace through the entire presentation. It was quick, but you made sure to cover all of the important information. I was really interested in everything you had to say.
I would have liked to hear a bit of the book!
I really enjoyed the hook. Watching ‘Lady in the Tramp’ certainly brought back a lot of memories. What a classic! I liked how your presentation highlighted predicting and accessing prior knowledge by underlining words/vocab words. Also, I appreciated how the exercise would have students continually going back and checking their predictions. And as a teacher, you could really assess comprehension skills of the students reading with this activity. This is because the students were required to categorize not only quotes, which could be memorized, but also things about the story that must be inferred, so for these parts of the activity, the students would really have had to comprehend the story as they read. The use of characters as a focus was great! I especially liked the way the names of the characters in this story are actually the Indian word for the animal. What a fantastic way to infuse culture and language.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely have a great grasp on a "good" hook. The use of a video clip is a great way to get students attention. I have never read the book before and would have liked to contribute to the matching activity, however if I had read the book like your students will have, I think that is a great activity to use to assess their knowledge of what they know!
ReplyDeleteWell done
Hi Group 2,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your presentation. When you said that you were passing out worksheets I was a little concerned, but they were really great. Although they were worksheets, they seemed more like a game. I can imagine that students would be incredibly engaged. I especially liked that you included different types of worksheets to accommodate different learning needs.
I really loved your idea of using character traits to promote (and assess) comprehension rather than the traditional focus on “plot”. What a great way combine the components of stories with comprehension and future writing. I have read “The Jungle Book” with my son, but I have not had the opportunity to read “Rikki, Tikki, Tavi” yet. I found my unfamiliarity with the story to be a problem when asked to do the “what’s in/what’s out” activity and the “character trait” sorting activity. Perhaps a short “book talk” that introduced the characters and the very basic plot would have been helpful with predicting and sorting. I am not sure how one would go about deciding whether a sentence strip belonged “in” or “out of a story that they knew nothing about, not even the names of the characters or what animals they were? Having said that, your choice of “worksheets” was still great; students really seem to enjoy doing group sorting activities. Not only are they fun but they also promote cooperative learning and provide differentiated learning. Thank you for the great ideas-excellent presentation!
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I really liked the way that you introduced the topic with a video clip. I think this helps students get ready for the lesson as there is a focus, rather than just diving into the lesson. The activities that you incorporated into the lesson allowed for collaborative learning and sharing ideas. I think this is very important these days as the expectation for learning has changed. Learning use to be an individual process, but teachers are finding it more beneficial to work in groups as students can share their ideas and build from those ideas.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really nice presentation, well coordinated, with lots of handouts and ideas for activities. I have read all the Jungle Book series, and I love Rikki, Tikki, Tavi. The only thing I could say was that, with not enough supporting prior knowledge, the Predicting activity was confusing for some students, amounting to more of a guessing game. Perhaps a little more introduction and discussion could be done first. The big green sheets made a good visual, allowing students to organize what they had read the day before and connect it to specific characters. I thought using comprehension and predictitng activities to develop an understading of character was really a good idea for this story, because it is the qualities of the main characters that stand out in the reading. This could open the way to examining character development for students' own creative writing. Nice job, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI really like the activity with the big sheet and paper strip that has prediction and character traits in it because of the hands on potential and students can arrange it in anyway they want before finalizing their answer.
ReplyDeleteI also like the name chart as it provides explicit instructions on what students need to put in. 1 thing I would recommend if you were to do this presentation again is that you could pick a book that is short and simple that the class have read so we have prior knowledge actually be able to do the activity. For me, I find that actually doing the activity will leave a more memorable experience. Another possibility is to do a short book talk where you introduce the book in a minute and tells the audience what the book is about and the general story line. In Middle school, I heard that librarians only tells students some parts of the story to hook students into reading the book.
I have never heard of the story today's presentation and I will have to read it now because I'm so intrigued by your presentation!
ReplyDeleteI loved the predicting part where you give them strips of phrases that might be in, out or maybe in the story.
I also liked the matching quotes to speaker activity that are done after students have read the story. Great way to see if they are paying attention or make them pay attention during the story because they know they need to do that activity after.
I loved the video clip I’m sure students would be hooked with this. Showing pictures to help build vocabulary was a great idea. The building comprehension by matching phrases from the story with characters I found as a wonderful approach and I never thought to use it with elementary students I only ever think of Shakespeare or older students so thank you for introducing this wonderful idea.
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