Hello all!
This will be my last post on Reading with Meaning. To end this book, I would like to point out something very interesting from chapter 10.
I LOVE how the author stated she was releasing responsibility to the students. By this, I feel she means giving them the opportunity to find ways for them to learn about fiction and non-fiction themselves and not from the teacher. Her ideas include having the students bring in a non-fiction book they have never read and make predictions with a friend about the book. I feel this is a great idea because the students will learn how different predictions can be. This also helps emphasize that a prediction does not always have to be right, just like a hypothesis does not always have to be right in a science lesson. She also had the students spread the fiction and non-fiction out and select which book is which. If students can choose which books are fiction and non-fiction, they will have a better understanding of the elements of each type of literature. Finally she asks the students to create Venn diagrams comparing and contrasting the two types of fiction. I feel this is also a great idea because it helps students visualize the two concepts.
I searched Amazon for other books to help teach non-fiction. I am seriously thinking of buying this book:
Maybe this could be used for a professional text next semester?
Happy Reading,
Sarah
2 comments:
I agree that allowing children to make predictions with one another teachers several great lessons. They are communicating about a text, learning to share ideas and like you said learning how different predictions are and that they do not always have to be right. That is getting a lot accomplished with such a simple activity!
Also, thanks for sharing your findings on the book for teaching non-fiction!
I also think making predictions is a wonderful idea. I believe it is very important for children to be able to do this if they are to be successful readers.
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