![]() I began the signposts by teaching Contrast and Contradictions. They feel a little like detectives as they leave tracks, and make connections. ![]() They are excited to dicuss a book, or story, or poem with their classmates. I've begun teaching the sign posts to my students, and they are excited about reading again. It challenges students to dig deeper into text, and find the authenticity behind what they are reading. It justifies so many things that I believe about reading, and how to create a community of readers in your classroom. I basically devoured this book when I began reading it. These signposts, or elements that occur in most genres of good literature, help students make connection to text and think authentically about what they are reading, instead of just "finishing" a book. In the book, Beers and Probst discuss the idea of six signposts that are apparent in good literature. Probst is a perfect book for educators who want students to connect with a story, and monitor their own comprehension. Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert E. ![]() I teach my students that as readers they must leave tracks within their thinking. I start with an anchor chart of what that "voice in your head" is doing while you are reading and we discuss how readers who pay attention to their thinking, are more apt to learn, understand and remember what they read. One of the best ways I've found to do this is by teaching my students about the inner conversation that good readers have with themselves. With his colleague and co-author, Kylene Beers, he consults with schools, both nationally and internationally, on literacy improvement, issues surrounding struggling readers, and meeting standards.Even though I teach sixth grade, I have to spend a lot of time in my reading block modeling and teaching students how to monitor their reading comprehension. Is an author, consultant, and Professor Emeritus of English Education at Georgia State University as well as a Research Fellow for Florida International University. She is a past-President of the National Council of Teachers of English, received an NCTE Leadership Award, held a reading research position in the Comer School Development Program at Yale University School of Medicine, and has most recently served as the Senior Reading Advisor to the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University. Probst, of Disrupting Thinking (Scholastic) and Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading (Heinemann). Is an award-winning educator and co-author, with Robert E. In this session, we’ll also show how the signposts provide a way into harder conversations about race, justice, and equity at age appropriate levels. We’ll be using picture story books, poetry, and current fiction and nonfiction as examples. Also, not knowing where our students will be in December, we’ll share how to have conversations about the signposts when distance learning is required. And, we’ll be showing how these signposts help students as they write about the texts they have read. ![]() Yes, writers! We’ll help those who are new to the signposts understand how to use them and take those with experience into using them with more complex texts. Title: Using the Notice and Note Signposts to Create Empowered Readers - Even from a DistanceĬo-Sponsors: National Writing Project, UCI Writing Project ĭescription: Join us in this interactive workshop as we discuss how the Notice and Note Signposts-both fiction and nonfiction-help all readers read closely but also read to become empowered readers and writers.
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