Notes
During a personal check-in, Erin shared about Kinderlymics (“so much fun!”) that she created for her grade level to include games: bobsled, speed skating, luge, curling, and ski jump. Leading up to the events, they studied the history of the Olympics, countries participating, tracked medals on a map, created flags, and created trading cards for the athletes of Team USA. She was exhausted, but proud!
When asked about coursework, she said she was caught up through Modules 7 and 8.
She does want to pursue instruction for higher level thinking skills for a small group of her students. We did some planning for the lesson I would teach on March 18 and discussed the standards this instruction could support (RL2.1 and RL2.7).
I prepared slides and she made copies for me of the inferring sheets and sent me a list of first names so that I could create name tags. I utilized the lesson planning template from the course.
I taught them about inferring:
What is it?                                Combining what we read with what we know to answer our questions about the text
When do I do it?                             All throughout the text we are reading or listening to
Why should I do it?                      …because the author doesn’t tell me everything!
How do I do it?Â
1.Read until I come to something I don’t understand.
2.Ask myself: “Does the author expect me to read between the lines?” If so …
3.Look for clues.
4.Think what I know that connects.
5.Figure out what the author means.
I utilized Miss Nelson Is Missing. Her students were fun and engaged. We debriefed the lesson afterward.
We will follow up with email about the specifics of her goal.