These REACH readers have been working on improving their Oral Reading Fluency. They first spent some time exploring punctuation marks and who they impact our reading. Then, using a play, these 3rd and 4th graders spent time exploring their assigned role and reading fluently. They learned words or phrases that were unclear and practiced reading the punctuation. Just like professional performers, they really took time to rehearse and prepare for their final performance.
Text talkers (aka phonic phones) help them to hear themselves reading clearly, without disturbing the other students.
3rd grade performed, "How Glooskap Saved Summer", a native american folktale.
4th grade performed as divers in, "Coral Reefs", and even spent some time researching Coral Reefs prior to their performance.
They locate the answer in the text, highlight their answer, and then use a text talker "sentence stem" to begin their responses.
They must be sure to cite the page number, line number, paragraph number or in this case-the character who said it.
After they have confirmed their answers are accurate and complete, they pull out their TBE grid and prepare to earn "points". They earn one "point or box" for each of TBE elements they used in their response. This means they get to color in one box for every element they included in their response. If they included all 5 required elements they earn a free space box to color.
(that was Ed Niya's request..we voted yes!)
(that was Ed Niya's request..we voted yes!)
These REACH learners love TBE Club. The simple motivator of shading in boxes serves to increase their efforts in writing a solid response. You can find out more about TBE Club here...
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