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Reading Game
By mandyg

This is a game I learned from our reading specialist at school.

In guided reading groups, I play this game after we have started reading a book, but are unable to finish to entire book in one meeting (this is tough
to do in fourth grade!). I use it as review before we start discuss and preparing to read the next section.

I think of important words or phrases from the story and write them down ahead of meeting with the students. Then I tell the students the you are going to try to read my mind and get into my head and tell what part of the story I am thinking of, BUT I will give them a hint.

I give them one or two words to help the figure out what part I am thiknin g about in my brain. For example, if we were reading James and the Giant Peach I might say the word "glowing green" and students would need to tell me I am thinking of the magic beans James dropped that created the giant peach. They love this game.

I had kids (don't you just love it when they do this?) if they could play read my mind. They brainstormed words as they read and then asked a group member to "read their minds."

I have a bunch of other things I do in GR groups here as well. I hate to do the same things over and over. I want kids to be excited about coming to groups.

Here are some other things I do:
reading ideas