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Picture Books and Anchor Lessons
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Problem My students didn’t internalize the reading strategies or use them independently. I wanted to find a way to make the reading strategies memorable. Since my students were very visual, I wanted to try connecting memorable reading strategy lessons with a picture book.
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Strategies I created an “anchor” lesson for every reading strategy. I connected each strategy to a picture book.
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Data Collection Pre and post surveys. Student questionnaires Teacher observations of student comments and behavior Student journals to assess independent use of the strategies
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Results
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Students Use Strategies Independently “Hey, connecting. We did that!” The schema of skateboarding. ESL student said The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf taught him to predict.
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Connections To Literature “The Jabberwocky” and A Sound of Thunder “A Man Called Raven” and Far North To Your Life Bullying You and your attitude Bullying Terrorism
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Anchor Lessons Parents Class where throw string around 6 th grade teacher uses it The Wall Feels like home Guys can appreciate a good wall Motivated to bring in items
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Aide to Understanding
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Student Engagement
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Continue to Use
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Conclusion Success Pairing picture books and anchor lessons = memorable experiences Classroom community that used texts in common to connect with new texts They made connections with themselves, other texts, and the world. It can be used in other content areas.
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