Holding thinking to remember and re-use

Holding thinking to remember and re-use

1. Tools and Tips

   • Highlighting a text
     • Have the students bring different colored highlighters to class at the beginning of the year. Keep them in class adn allow the students to use them throughout the semester
   • Sticky Notes
     • Have the students bring post-its to class at the beginning of the year. Keep them some in class and encourage the students to use some in their other classes throughout the semester
   • Writing on the text itself

2. Strategies

   • Whole Group Thinking Charts
     • Notes are recorded directly on an overhead transparecny by students, then shared with the whole group at the end of class.
       • Students write the quote and the page number.
         • Students write the connection (what it reminds them of), a question, or confusion (something they don't understand).
   • My Answer
     • Students write a question that they asked that they could answer after the reading and the answer
       • Students write down a question that they think their teacher could answer
         • Student writes down a question they can answer by inferring for themselves and then writes down the answer to the question
   • Double Strategy, Double Entry Diary
     • The student writes a quote from the articles and then writes the connection to the quote
       • The student canalso write a word from the article and then write the connection to the quote
   • Double Entry Diary
     • The student records a quote or description from a scene in the reading
       • The student records the strategy being taught connected to the description
   • Quad Entry Diary
     • Studentswirte doen a key point from the text (vocab word, key concept, etc,)
       • The student draws an illustration of the concept
         • The student writes what they know about the concept
           • The students write what they still don't know about they concept
   • Moving the Sticky Notes to a Page
     • The students take notes on the sticky notes and places them throughout the text
       • The student moves the sticky notes from the text to a page and marks the page number that each note was found on

3. I think that the most effective strategy that Tovani explained is the My Answer strategy. The reason that I believe that this strategy is the most effective is that asking questions is one of the most effective ways to generate critical thinking. By asking a question and then considering where you might find the answer, you will be able to dig deeper for answers. I also think that asking questions of the teacher builds a relationship of trust by strengthening the students reliance of themselves while simultaniously allowing them to rely on their teacher.