[MOSAIC] appreciating reading/book talks

[The Plumtree]

I teach 2nd grade and about a 3rd of my class are eld students.
Marti
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> I'm curious about what grade level you teach. It sounds inspiring.
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> I do two kinds of book talks.  After we finish SSR-Self -Selected 
> Reading--I
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> have the kids
>   1.   take one minute each and tell something -important, interesting or
> exciting about the book they read
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> The partnershis are pre-selected- I have a chart and they find their buddy
> for the day)
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> 2. Then two regularly scheduled folks do a book talk, followed by a
> question from a girl and a boy.. This is rather an informal- formal
> proceedure -Mrs.--- boys and girls I would ----or something similiar--etc.
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> What has really exploded into a real exciting outcome of the SSR block is
> library time.  Scheduling has been very tight this year and since I do 4
> blocks--I try to get all the blocks in daily--well to keep a long story
> short--I asked the librarian if I could do SSR during library time.  She
> does the read aloud anyway, I conference quickly with my 4 pre-selected
> students,  the others are choosing their books, and then sitting down to
> read.  After all is done we do our book talks--because we are the last 
> folks
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> on Friday afternoons to use the library--we take our time and we are there
> for about  45 min.  The librarian is soo impressed. Since we started this 
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> Nov., she says she cannot believe the growth in quality of the book talks
> and the questioning.  But what she says most impresses her is the
> patience,kindness and understanding that the kids have for each other.
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> Marti
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>>I agree about the 60 second book talk, that is what I do in my class. We
>>follow each one with them selecting 3 classmates to either ask a question
>>or give a comment. We are working on elaborating in our answers and
>>especially in their comments. Every one seems to want to tell the person
>>doing the book talk that they did a "good job" without giving them 
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>>information about why their talk was so good. I'm having a good time 
>>egging
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>>them on to tell which details they liked, etc. Being specific is my 
>>mantra!
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>>  The kids really look forward to book talk, and after the first week or 
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>> of shyness, they beg, plead, bargain to be the one who goes today! We've
>> had to write up a schedule to be fair, and will sneak in book talks in
>> those little moments when we finish something early.
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>>                Joy/NC/4
>>  jwidmann at rocketmail.com
>>  How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and
>> content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
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