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Home : 2002 : Dec : 29
I recently had my observation as well, and did a small comprehension lesson on astory we'd read. I hope this isn't too late for you. I had 10 yellow and 10 white index cards. Each student had a card and they walked around the room as I played some music. When it stopped, they found the person nearest them with a different colored card, gave a high five, and stood back to back. Then I posed a question such as, "What was the setting of the story?". Then I told the person with the yellow card to discuss this with their partner for 1 minute. We did this several times, having different partners each time, and taking turns so that each person was accountable for answering every other time. (Yellow card, white card). This was our story review. Then, we went to our seats to play a game for the comprehension practice. I made a simple gameboard on an 81/2 x 14 sheet of paper for each group (5 groups). It just looked like a snake divided by squares, sort of like a Candyland board. In each square, I put a story character,event, or important word or phrase from the story. In about 4 squares I put, move back or forward 3 spaces or 5 spaces. Each person had a marker and each group had one dice. They rolled and moved. Whatever they landed on, they had to tell about the person, or the significance of the phrase. My principal loved it. Cooperative learning is key in our school and in this activity, everyone is accountable for answering. At the end, for mastery, I made them answer the questions at the end of the story in our reader, by themselves. Hope this helps.
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