Strategies for Collaborative Instruction

Lisa Meyers

Nonfiction ReadingUse content text books to create:– nonfiction paired passages– reading comprehension questions– vocabulary questions– usage/mechanics questions– constructed response questions– research connections– paired passages

Nonfiction Reading

Organizational Patterns

• Chronological or Sequential• Comparison – Contrast• Cause – Effect• Fact - Opinion • Problem – Solution• Generalization or

Explanation• Enumeration or Listing• Concept – Definition• Process• Spatial Layout• Classification• Order of Importance• Question – Answer

Nonfiction Reading

Text features

Boldface

Italics

Color

Captions

Headings & Subheadings

Graphics

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

Create an Appetite for Wonder!

Hundreds of Fleeing Syrian Refugees Reach Lebanon

QUESTIONS DRIVE LEARNING• Where is Syria? Where is Lebanon?• Why are the refugees leaving? How many have fled?

CONNECTIONS ENRICH STUDIES• This is a modern day Underground Railroad

DEBATE ISSUES• Should we go to war with Syria?

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130920-syria-refugees-camps-war-children/?source=hp_dl2_news_syrian_refugee_camps_20130922#close-modal

Headlines Create Disquieted Minds

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/02/19/172385254/the-filibuster-solution-or-what-if-honeybees-ran-the-u-s-senate

Articles Allow Learning to be More Accessible for ALL Students

Krulwich Wonders – Great Resource

The Filibuster and The Honey Bee

Comparing our government with the honey bee - this metaphor creates a stronger curriculum connection than plain content area text. 6.5j

A Chronicle of a Whale’s Life, Captured in Ear

Wax

www.sciencefriday.com

A Science Friday Headline from 9/20/13

• Parallel readings provide the scaffolding necessary for the at risk student to gain knowledge from content text.

Giant Gob of Earwax Reveals Blue Whale Secrets

• This article’s rich text allows the student access to more difficult content text.

National Geographic’s Weird and Wildhttp://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/16/giant-gob-of-earwax-reveals-blue-whale-secrets/

Scaffolding Builds Background Knowledge

• National Geographic Daily News • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/#

• National Geographic Kids News• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

• Use for article of the week for HW or as a journaling choice.

Articles are Current Resources

Capture the Spirit of Learning

Five Animals With Stinky Defenseshttp://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/19/5-animals-with-stinky-defenses/

Pictures and Headlines Support Reluctant Readers

“The Latest in Scientific Field Equipment: Fido’s Nose” by Adam Cole

Graphics Literacy

NPR: The Latest in Scientific Field Equipment? Fido’s Nose by Adam Cole/9/3/13

So where do I find these questions?

• HEADLINES!!!!!– Cicada Infestation– Russian Meteor Explosion– California Wildfires– 2013 Hurricane Season (or lack there of)

– Wallops Island NASA Rocket Launch– Colorado Flooding– Fall Equinox– ISON– Your science teaching colleagues!

A Picture is worth 1000 words

Used with permission from author.http://www.space.com/21937-sun-solar-weather-peak-is-weak.html

What does this graph tell us?

A Picture is worth 1000 words

What can you tell aboutour current “peak”?

Used with permission from author.http://www.space.com/21937-sun-solar-weather-peak-is-weak.html

A Picture is worth 1000 words

How often do peaks occur?Used with permission from author.

http://www.space.com/21937-sun-solar-weather-peak-is-weak.html

A Picture is worth 1000 words

Are peaks good or bad?

Magnetic FieldParallel Readings

• Unanswered scientific questions…

2012: Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All The (Geologic)

Time (NASA)

Sun's 2013 Solar Activity Peak Is Weakest in 100 Years (Space.com)

Magnetic FieldParallel Readings

After reading both articles, work with your elbow partner to discuss the following questions:• What similarities did the two pieces share?• What evidence do the authors offer to help the

reader understand the concepts?• What questions do you have for the authors after

reading the articles?

It’s Greek to me• Use the Greek & Latin Root website to identify

as many Greek and/or Latin roots as you can find in either article.

http://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html

It’s Greek to me• Morph (form)• Scientist (know)• Geologic (Earth, Study of)• Geophysist (Earth, Nature)• Altitude (high)• Solar (Sun) • Century (one hundred)• Hypothesis (To Put Under review)

Image courtesy NASA

Use Diagrams to Enhance Understanding

How does the diagram enhance the reading?

Image courtesy NASA

What does the image tell us that the reading does not address?

Use Diagrams to Enhance Understanding

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Place each phenomenon in the appropriate category.

Sun Both Earth

Flips every 11 years

Determines “north” on a compass

Associated with Auroras

Poorly understood by scientists

Is currently taking place

Behaving differently than expected

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Place each phenomenon in the appropriate category.

Sun Both Earth

Flips every 11 years Determines “north” on a compass

Associated with Auroras

Poorly understood by scientists

Is currently taking place

Behaving differently than expected

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Identify the ideas that the author (Earth’s magnetic field) suggests scientists are certain about.

800,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field was reversed

Magnetic reversals do not impact Earth’s rotation

Earth’s magnetic field is caused by the hot fluid core

When the Earth’s field flips, we would not be protected from solar flares

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Identify the ideas that the author (Earth’s magnetic field) suggests scientists are certain about.

800,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field was reversed

Magnetic reversals do not impact Earth’s rotation

Earth’s magnetic field is caused by the hot fluid core

When the Earth’s field flips, we would not be protected from solar flares

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Which statement would the author (solar cycles) disagree with?

There have been more solar flares this year than there were in 2010

Scientists understand why the sun goes through an 11 year cycle

The sunspots in 2013 are no bigger or smaller than in other years

A

B

C

Using TEI Questioning in your instruction

Which statement would the author (solar cycles) disagree with?

There have been more solar flares this year than there were in 2010

Scientists understand why the sun goes through an 11 year cycle

The sunspots in 2013 are no bigger or smaller than in other years

A

B

C

“What Money Can't Buy”• Rick Reilly

• After reading the editorial, explore the things that money cannot buy. Use the article first and then use your own experiences to answer this essay. 6.6 e,f

• http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1107193/

Turn the Headline into an Essay Response

• Choosing words carefully to summarize matches this generations desire to TEXT and TWEET with as few characters as possible. Even though the message is concise it is clear.

• http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/index.php

• Teaching impact with a short sentence• http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/the-short-s

entence-as-gospel-truth/?_r=0

Summarize in a Sentence

Vocabulary is EVERYWHERE!

When talking about character traits, use words that will add to students’ vocabulary.For example:

Loquacious instead of talkativeTimid instead of shyFierce instead of intense

Use the game Headbands for a new vocabulary game.

The 10 most frequently used words across content domains (Coxhead 2000)

Analysis FactorsBenefit IndicateConcept LegalMethod EstablishedDerived Occur

Academic Vocabulary

Power Prefixes

• The 20 prefixes in your packet make-up 97% of all prefixed words.

• The list is ranked by usage.

• Why wouldn’t you teach those 20 prefixes?

Science Matters – Many interesting science articleshttp://ideastations.org/sciencematters Science Fridayshttp://www.sciencefriday.com/

NPR – All Things Considered – Great resource for articles and journaling (audio support)http://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/Kelly Gallagher’s Article of the Weekhttp://kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.htmlKrulwich Wondershttp://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/02/19/172385254/the-filibuster-solution-or-what-if-honeybees-ran-the-u-s-senateNational Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/National Geographic for Kidshttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/13.7 Cosmos and Culturehttp://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/Academic Vocabulary Listhttp://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist

Web Sites

• Article “The Latest in Scientific Lab Equipment”• http://www.npr.org/2013/09/03/192798179/the-l

atest-in-scientific-field-equipment-fidos-nose• Article: “What Money Can’t Buy”• http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/mag

azine/MAG1107193/• Notable Trade Books in Social Studies • http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable• Orbitus Book Award – Outstanding Nonfiction

Picture Book – sponsored by NCTE• http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus

Web Sites continued

• Prefix and Suffix Word Lists Reference• http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/downloads/articles/Prefix-Suff

ixWordList.pdf

Web Sites (continued)

Where to find scientific writing

Web Resources for finding quality scientific writing for secondary studentsAstronomy• http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/• http://www.space.com/Geology• http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/Weather• http://www.noaa.gov/features/archives/themestory_archive13.htmlGeneral• http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/• http://www.sciencedaily.com/