Teaching Cricket in Times Square

This week I begin working with my own small group doing lit circles! I am so SUPER EXCITED! I have never read the book but, I love Lit circles.

I read with my group meaning they each read a page and this gives me a chance to assess them. I created a little chart for myself to document the students as they read. I pay attention to fluency, mistakes when reading like stumbling over words and so on. This way I could document my students success.

After were doing reading I always ask my students question that are a mix of comprehension questions and higher level thinking questions. Depending on the chapter I will also have students do a journal prompt and give students a question and have them write about them. Again paying attention to students after they read is JUST AS IMPORTANT! I notice many students can read very well and can sound out words or have strategies for what to do when they come across a word they don’t recognize. But they have trouble with comprehending what they read.

I also created a character chart for students to fill out as we go along to help us keep track of characters and their traits and ideas.