Oct 27 2009
Inferring – The most natural thing to do
I began class as usual, with DEAR or SAFARI or whatever you want to call silent reading. THen we all logged our reading and journaled about what we read. THEN, we got out our notebooks and talked about the 8th grade’s performance on the recent Stated/Implied Main Idea common assessment. OUCH!
I explained that ther were two possible reasons for the poor performance: they were unwilling to perform well, or they were unable to perform well. then the fun began.
Using a powerpoint I created from web resources I found in minutes, we took a look at inferencing. PAGE 38 in the Reader’s Notebook.
I do not have the powerpoint with me now as I type this, but I will post it tomorrow; it’s in my classroom. Basically, we used a powerpoint today to go through some practice passages frothing with clues that lead to logical inferences.
Easily more than 90 percent of my students excelled in class today. This showed me that tey have the skill, just not the willingness. Willingness can come. But only through honest asessment, and at ths I mean self-assessment.
It was great.
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