Finishing the Book

So, summing it up? What are your thoughts, ideas, inspirations, etc?

Chapters 7 & 8

In Chapter 7, Miller talks about "Digging Deeper." I spent approximatly 7 hours at an ARI workshop yesterday on almost the same idea! WOW! Miller talks about the sophistication of her read-alouds, and how the children are ready to engage in more challenging dialogue while they make connections from past experiences to more in-depth learning. Give a/some specific examples of how this happens in your classroom or if it isn't, why not. (Remember this is a safe place. We are all learners together.)

Chapter 8 is all about inferring. Try getting one of the books Miller suggests on p. 121 & utilize the anchor charts, directions, etc. for a lesson on this. Blog about if it did/did not work and why.

Chapters 5 & 6

Just as you learn through blogging, so do I. I have falsely believed if I didn't "direct" this blog w/a question, then there would be no depth of learning. Or perhaps I blogged to you in question format b/c this is the way I had always seen modeled? Anyway, the depth of the learning in the blogs for chapters 3 & 4 were really deep and exactly what I had been trying to do when I simply said blog about what you learned. You impressed me and inspired me.

Chapter 5 discusses schema; Chapter 6 talks about creating mental images. I loved the idea of the students doing a coffeehouse poetry reading (in May perhaps????). This really appeals to the beatnik in me! Of course, the anchor lessons, the books Miller suggests, ah! the myriad of ideas. . ..what do you want to blog about in these chapters???

Chapters 3 & 4

Reader's Workshop and Settling In discuss a myriad of great ideas. What do you want to blog about this time (from the text)?

Chapters 1 & 2

After reading these two chapters, answer the following question:  What am I doing now that I could trust my kids to do?