Today's LALLI session began with a reading activity. We broke out our highlighters and colorful pens and focused on Meltzer and Ziemba's article "Up and Running". Our reading activity was to analyze and code the text as we have been practicing during our meetings. Eventually we came together with our small groups for a structured discussion.
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| Coding techniques support all learners |
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| Stephanie and Sarah are focused - Jason codes like a PRO! |
I could see this activity being very effective in my middle school classroom. Sometimes it is hard to give students a text and just say "GO!". The drone of "uhms" and "ahs" and "I don't knows" nullifies even the most exciting of article discussions sometimes.This strategy, however, incorporated accountable talk and forces students to speak, pose a question, and then listen and respond only when it is their turn.
Our group discussions focused on the challenges we may face incorporating accountable talk and reading strategies in our schools. The key for us centered around getting teacher buy-in, which we think will come through the explicit teaching of various strategies. In addition, continued support and facilitation of the strategies within classrooms must be provided by LALLI members and administrators. We are hopeful and excited to bring our work back!
~G. Constantin
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