Directed Reading Thinking Activities (DRTA)- This is strategy that can be used for reading in almost any content. The teacher would first give the students background information, ask open ended questions, ask the students to make predictions, etc... Then the students would read the material provided. After they would see how "correct" their prior thoughts were, baised on questions the teacher askes.
I am not sure how this would work with math, which is what I am doing my lessons on. Any ideas or help would be great! I am not sure how you can have children read about math (3D shapes) and make predictions, etc...
Group Mapping Activity (GMA)- This is a strategy that can be used for reading in almost any content also. You would use this after you read the material. The teacher could break the class into groups or do it as a class. The would map out ideas, settings, characters, ect... that they have learned in the text.
This could be used in a math lesson. The students could draw maps connecting differences, similarities of shapes (2D & 3D). They could also connect verticies to sides. There is a lot that could be done with this. Because of the grade level, the teacher (me) may actually have to guide it instead of breaking the class up into small groups.
I like how you said they could use this in math I was having trouble with getting this for math and this helped a little.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like your idea using 2D and 3D shapes. I couldn't think of a way to use it in my math lesson so I made mine for a reading one. But now that I see your example, it makes more sense.
ReplyDeleteI too am confused on how you could use it for math, unless you gave like clues or something and didn't provide the answer?
ReplyDeleteAdd text through anchor charts, storybooks, and older math texts. These days kids have very little text to refer back to when learning new concepts. It's important to add some text back to the learnng process.
ReplyDeleteI like your GMA example. Geometry is probably the easiest to use this strategy with because geometric figures can be drawn and compared fairly easily and they are seen in everyday life.
ReplyDelete-Darrien