01:00:02:10	01:00:03:11	>> How do students use
01:00:03:11	01:00:04:17	synthesizing to get into
01:00:04:17	01:00:05:22	the book?
01:00:05:22	01:00:07:00	Let's go Behind the Lesson
01:00:07:00	01:00:08:07	and see how teachers
01:00:08:07	01:00:09:27	make this happen.
01:00:09:27	01:00:11:02	>> Do you remember, boys and
01:00:11:02	01:00:12:07	girls, last week when I had
01:00:12:07	01:00:14:22	you write about strategies?
01:00:14:22	01:00:15:26	You've been working,
01:00:15:26	01:00:17:00	somebody told me the other day,
01:00:17:00	01:00:18:10	since kindergarten--
01:00:18:10	01:00:19:15	since kindergarten--
01:00:19:15	01:00:20:25	on strategies.
01:00:20:25	01:00:22:11	I asked you to think about
01:00:22:11	01:00:24:07	what strategies you use
01:00:24:07	01:00:26:06	and how strategies help you.
01:00:26:06	01:00:28:03	Some of you wrote and told me
01:00:28:03	01:00:30:13	that sometimes you feel like
01:00:30:13	01:00:32:16	you use some strategies more
01:00:32:16	01:00:34:11	than other strategies.
01:00:34:11	01:00:36:11	We talked about that
01:00:36:11	01:00:38:05	that's probably true,
01:00:38:05	01:00:39:15	depending on what you're
01:00:39:15	01:00:40:22	reading.
01:00:40:22	01:00:41:28	It depends on what kind of
01:00:41:28	01:00:43:17	strategies you use.
01:00:43:17	01:00:44:28	Do we use just one strategy
01:00:44:28	01:00:46:13	or are we using lots
01:00:46:13	01:00:47:21	of different strategies
01:00:47:21	01:00:48:26	all the time?
01:00:48:26	01:00:50:14	>> Mostly you don't realize
01:00:50:14	01:00:51:22	that you're using a lot
01:00:51:22	01:00:53:12	of strategies when
01:00:53:12	01:00:55:13	you're probably using
01:00:55:13	01:00:58:17	more than only one.
01:00:58:17	01:00:59:23	>> Right.
01:00:59:23	01:01:01:00	>> Your kids told us
01:01:01:00	01:01:02:07	that they've been working on
01:01:02:07	01:01:03:20	strategies since kindergarten.
01:01:03:20	01:01:04:22	What does the strategy
01:01:04:22	01:01:05:28	instruction look like
01:01:05:28	01:01:07:09	at the earlier grades?
01:01:07:09	01:01:08:19	>> In kindergarten, it starts
01:01:08:19	01:01:09:28	with a lot of modeling.
01:01:09:28	01:01:11:22	Modeling with big books.
01:01:11:22	01:01:13:24	They talk about visualizing.
01:01:13:24	01:01:15:06	They're questioning, asking
01:01:15:06	01:01:17:22	what do you think will happen,
01:01:17:22	01:01:19:19	why did the character do that?
01:01:19:19	01:01:21:05	We read a lot of different
01:01:21:05	01:01:22:11	things for a lot
01:01:22:11	01:01:24:21	of different reasons, don't we?
01:01:24:21	01:01:26:27	A lot of times, I like to do
01:01:26:27	01:01:29:24	a lot of information reading.
01:01:29:24	01:01:31:12	One of the things that I read
01:01:31:12	01:01:33:09	every night is the newspaper.
01:01:33:09	01:01:34:24	Now, today, what I'm going
01:01:34:24	01:01:36:10	to show you is exactly what I do
01:01:36:10	01:01:38:04	when I pick up the newspaper.
01:01:38:04	01:01:39:24	This one says, "Bald eagle
01:01:39:24	01:01:41:15	closer to coming off
01:01:41:15	01:01:43:18	endangered list."
01:01:43:18	01:01:45:27	Now, right away, my brain
01:01:45:27	01:01:48:01	starts thinking.
01:01:48:01	01:01:49:16	I think about what I
01:01:49:16	01:01:52:11	already know about bald eagles.
01:01:52:11	01:01:53:29	I'm going to think just like
01:01:53:29	01:01:55:23	I do when I pick this paper up.
01:01:55:23	01:01:57:09	I thought, okay--
01:01:57:09	01:01:58:23	I'm going to have Ms. Spielbauer
01:01:58:23	01:02:01:24	write down what I'm thinking.
01:02:01:24	01:02:03:15	I want you to see.
01:02:03:15	01:02:04:22	This is like I'm opening
01:02:04:22	01:02:06:11	my brain up for you.
01:02:06:11	01:02:07:23	Okay, I'm looking at that,
01:02:07:23	01:02:09:14	and I'm thinking there's
01:02:09:14	01:02:11:21	a bald eagle by the river
01:02:11:21	01:02:13:29	in Amherst.
01:02:13:29	01:02:15:14	I know that.
01:02:15:14	01:02:16:21	>> What was your outcome
01:02:16:21	01:02:18:05	for today's lesson?
01:02:18:05	01:02:19:21	>> What I wanted to achieve
01:02:19:21	01:02:21:17	with the students, was I wanted
01:02:21:17	01:02:23:21	them to understand
01:02:23:21	01:02:25:16	what synthesizing was
01:02:25:16	01:02:28:25	and how we think about things
01:02:28:25	01:02:31:12	before we read, and that
01:02:31:12	01:02:34:08	we come away with something new
01:02:34:08	01:02:35:20	when we're done reading,
01:02:35:20	01:02:37:08	which was very evident today
01:02:37:08	01:02:39:01	as the students had those
01:02:39:01	01:02:40:27	"ah-ha" moments.
01:02:40:27	01:02:43:07	Now, I want you to turn
01:02:43:07	01:02:45:17	to the person next to you
01:02:45:17	01:02:47:07	and come up with something
01:02:47:07	01:02:50:17	that you know about bald eagles.
01:02:50:17	01:02:53:03	>> They are our state bird
01:02:53:03	01:02:55:21	and they are very rare.
01:02:55:21	01:02:57:12	>> Does somebody have something
01:02:57:12	01:02:58:21	they want to share?
01:02:58:21	01:03:00:01	We'll put it up there, because
01:03:00:01	01:03:01:09	we're going to read the article
01:03:01:09	01:03:02:14	and see if we're right,
01:03:02:14	01:03:04:12	or if our thinking changes.
01:03:04:12	01:03:07:01	What do you think?
01:03:07:01	01:03:08:07	>> The bald eagle
01:03:08:07	01:03:10:03	is our state bird.
01:03:10:03	01:03:13:13	>> Okay.
01:03:13:13	01:03:14:24	>> They're called bald eagles
01:03:14:24	01:03:17:10	because their heads are white.
01:03:17:10	01:03:18:14	>> Okay, I'm going to start
01:03:18:14	01:03:20:01	reading, and if you hear
01:03:20:01	01:03:21:23	something that we talked about,
01:03:21:23	01:03:24:19	I want you to put your hand up.
01:03:24:19	01:03:26:14	Okay, are you ready?
01:03:26:14	01:03:27:24	"The Interior Department's
01:03:27:24	01:03:29:28	Fish and Wildlife Service issued
01:03:29:28	01:03:31:22	draft volunteer guidelines
01:03:31:22	01:03:33:29	spelling out how landowners,
01:03:33:29	01:03:35:21	land managers and others
01:03:35:21	01:03:37:10	should protect the bird,
01:03:37:10	01:03:40:11	once it is no longer safeguarded
01:03:40:11	01:03:43:05	by the 1973 law."
01:03:43:05	01:03:45:06	Oh, you heard something.
01:03:45:06	01:03:46:15	Brianna?
01:03:46:15	01:03:48:12	>> Protected by a law.
01:03:48:12	01:03:49:16	>> Okay, they are protected
01:03:49:16	01:03:51:24	by law, so are we right?
01:03:51:24	01:03:53:01	Ms. Spielbauer, do you want
01:03:53:01	01:03:54:05	to put a plus by that,
01:03:54:05	01:03:55:27	because we know we were right.
01:03:55:27	01:03:57:02	>> I liked your use
01:03:57:02	01:03:58:07	of the newspaper as part of your
01:03:58:07	01:03:59:21	shared reading lesson today.
01:03:59:21	01:04:01:14	How important do you think it is
01:04:01:14	01:04:04:19	to bring in real-life texts?
01:04:04:19	01:04:05:13	>> We really try
01:04:05:13	01:04:07:00	and do that a lot.
01:04:07:00	01:04:08:10	As research is looking at,
01:04:08:10	01:04:09:17	kids need to read
01:04:09:17	01:04:11:14	a lot of nonfiction.
01:04:11:14	01:04:13:01	The kids love the magazines.
01:04:13:01	01:04:14:20	It's really important
01:04:14:20	01:04:15:29	that they see we read
01:04:15:29	01:04:18:02	all the time, everywhere.
01:04:18:02	01:04:19:07	We're always looking
01:04:19:07	01:04:20:16	for information.
01:04:20:16	01:04:21:23	Have I learned some new things?
01:04:21:23	01:04:23:05	Have you learned something new
01:04:23:05	01:04:24:11	about bald eagles
01:04:24:11	01:04:25:22	that you didn't know before?
01:04:25:22	01:04:27:01	So, are you coming away
01:04:27:01	01:04:29:16	with a new learning?
01:04:29:16	01:04:32:08	So you know what you just did?
01:04:32:08	01:04:34:13	We synthesized.
01:04:34:13	01:04:35:26	Today, we're going to do
01:04:35:26	01:04:36:29	something called
01:04:36:29	01:04:38:08	an anticipation guide.
01:04:38:08	01:04:39:20	I've written little statements
01:04:39:20	01:04:41:00	out for you.
01:04:41:00	01:04:42:22	What you're going to do,
01:04:42:22	01:04:44:06	is I'm going to read
01:04:44:06	01:04:45:16	the statements and you're going
01:04:45:16	01:04:46:25	to use that colored pencil
01:04:46:25	01:04:48:10	at your desk to mark
01:04:48:10	01:04:50:10	whether you agree or disagree
01:04:50:10	01:04:52:06	with the statement.
01:04:52:06	01:04:53:25	>> The lesson featured
01:04:53:25	01:04:55:08	the use of a technique
01:04:55:08	01:04:57:27	called the anticipation guide.
01:04:57:27	01:04:59:12	Can you tell us a little bit
01:04:59:12	01:05:00:25	more about why you selected
01:05:00:25	01:05:03:09	that instructional technique?
01:05:03:09	01:05:04:14	>> I like to use
01:05:04:14	01:05:05:20	the anticipation guide
01:05:05:20	01:05:06:23	for nonfiction.
01:05:06:23	01:05:08:01	One of the reasons is
01:05:08:01	01:05:10:06	because it is very obvious
01:05:10:06	01:05:11:12	for students
01:05:11:12	01:05:12:20	who have misconceptions.
01:05:12:20	01:05:14:00	When they are done
01:05:14:00	01:05:15:18	looking through the resources,
01:05:15:18	01:05:16:27	they can look and see
01:05:16:27	01:05:19:04	whether it was a misconception,
01:05:19:04	01:05:20:15	and how their thinking
01:05:20:15	01:05:21:22	has changed.
01:05:21:22	01:05:23:24	And it's very personal
01:05:23:24	01:05:25:17	because they each answer
01:05:25:17	01:05:27:29	whether they agree or disagree.
01:05:27:29	01:05:29:04	And they go back
01:05:29:04	01:05:30:12	and they prove.
01:05:30:12	01:05:31:26	It's not threatening, because
01:05:31:26	01:05:33:03	they know there's no right
01:05:33:03	01:05:34:09	or wrong answer.
01:05:34:09	01:05:35:25	It sets that purpose
01:05:35:25	01:05:37:05	for reading.
01:05:37:05	01:05:38:07	They're looking
01:05:38:07	01:05:39:17	for that information.
01:05:39:17	01:05:40:17	You're going to get
01:05:40:17	01:05:42:11	with your partners.
01:05:42:11	01:05:43:09	We have books
01:05:43:09	01:05:45:06	with your names on them.
01:05:45:06	01:05:46:25	What we want you to do, is you
01:05:46:25	01:05:48:14	are going to go through those
01:05:48:14	01:05:50:25	books see if you can prove.
01:05:50:25	01:05:53:01	Remember as I was thinking
01:05:53:01	01:05:54:29	out loud, and what
01:05:54:29	01:05:57:11	I anticipated reading?
01:05:57:11	01:05:58:24	You're going to write
01:05:58:24	01:06:01:10	whether you were right or not.
01:06:01:10	01:06:02:17	So, you can just do a plus
01:06:02:17	01:06:03:28	in front if you were right.
01:06:03:28	01:06:06:03	Then, any notes you have,
01:06:06:03	01:06:07:09	maybe you find something
01:06:07:09	01:06:08:19	really interesting.
01:06:08:19	01:06:09:27	When you're finding out
01:06:09:27	01:06:11:13	that bees are insects,
01:06:11:13	01:06:14:00	how come they're insects?
01:06:14:00	01:06:15:03	If that's right,
01:06:15:03	01:06:17:07	then write down a couple things.
01:06:17:07	01:06:18:14	Now, if you find something
01:06:18:14	01:06:20:10	really good that you're
01:06:20:10	01:06:21:26	really interested in, and
01:06:21:26	01:06:23:05	you think other kids would be
01:06:23:05	01:06:24:16	interested in about bees,
01:06:24:16	01:06:26:00	I've got sticky notes
01:06:26:00	01:06:27:05	over here.
01:06:27:05	01:06:28:16	You can put a sticky note
01:06:28:16	01:06:30:01	on that page, and you can put
01:06:30:01	01:06:31:18	a couple words on that
01:06:31:18	01:06:33:24	sticky note so you remember.
01:06:33:24	01:06:35:11	Because when we're all done,
01:06:35:11	01:06:36:23	just like we always do,
01:06:36:23	01:06:38:07	we come back and we talk about
01:06:38:07	01:06:41:02	what we found, and we share.
01:06:41:02	01:06:42:26	Because when we share,
01:06:42:26	01:06:45:11	everybody learns new information
01:06:45:11	01:06:47:14	and everybody will come away
01:06:47:14	01:06:49:21	with new learning.
01:06:49:21	01:06:51:06	>> Now this lesson, dependent
01:06:51:06	01:06:52:23	on a lot of resources, in fact
01:06:52:23	01:06:54:20	there was at least one book per
01:06:54:20	01:06:57:13	every child on the same topic.
01:06:57:13	01:06:58:26	Talk about your preparation
01:06:58:26	01:07:00:23	for the lesson.
01:07:00:23	01:07:02:05	>> I knew they were going to be
01:07:02:05	01:07:04:12	doing a unit on plants.
01:07:04:12	01:07:06:01	There were a couple kids in here
01:07:06:01	01:07:07:22	who I knew were a little more
01:07:07:22	01:07:09:21	concerned about bees.
01:07:09:21	01:07:11:00	I went into the library
01:07:11:00	01:07:12:28	one night after school, and just
01:07:12:28	01:07:14:15	pulled everything I could find.
01:07:14:15	01:07:16:02	Then I asked a couple other
01:07:16:02	01:07:17:10	teachers and went through
01:07:17:10	01:07:18:15	my own resources,
01:07:18:15	01:07:20:00	and had more than enough books.
01:07:20:00	01:07:21:06	>> "Every year they build
01:07:21:06	01:07:22:15	a new nest out of
01:07:22:15	01:07:24:26	thin sheets of paper.
01:07:24:26	01:07:30:07	They make the paper themselves
01:07:30:07	01:07:32:20	by chewing tiny pieces of food
01:07:32:20	01:07:36:06	and mixing it with saliva."
01:07:41:11	01:07:42:28	>> "Honey bees live in groups
01:07:42:28	01:07:47:14	called a colony."
01:07:47:14	01:07:48:12	>> You write that,
01:07:48:12	01:07:49:13	I'll write this.
01:07:49:13	01:07:50:21	Okay?
01:07:50:21	01:07:51:23	>> "These homes
01:07:51:23	01:07:53:19	are called hives."
01:07:53:19	01:07:54:26	Most people already know
01:07:54:26	01:07:57:24	that they live in hives,
01:07:57:24	01:07:59:09	so you should write beekeepers
01:07:59:09	01:08:00:27	build homes for honey bees
01:08:00:27	01:08:05:11	and they are called colonies.
01:08:05:11	01:08:06:16	>> If it weren't for bees,
01:08:06:16	01:08:08:28	what would the earth be?
01:08:08:28	01:08:12:18	>> Just plain grass and dirt.
01:08:12:18	01:08:15:10	>> Yeah, and trees.
01:08:15:10	01:08:17:17	>> And some water.
01:08:17:17	01:08:19:11	>> And plus, if we didn't have
01:08:19:11	01:08:20:22	flowers, it wouldn't be, like
01:08:20:22	01:08:22:19	on Valentine's Day or Christmas,
01:08:22:19	01:08:25:05	some people give flowers away.
01:08:25:05	01:08:26:10	If they didn't have flowers,
01:08:26:10	01:08:28:00	what would they give away,
01:08:28:00	01:08:30:29	just chocolate?
01:08:30:29	01:08:32:24	>> Who has something to share
01:08:32:24	01:08:34:08	that they found out
01:08:34:08	01:08:36:10	that their thinking changed?
01:08:36:10	01:08:37:27	Hannah.
01:08:37:27	01:08:39:22	>> There can be more than
01:08:39:22	01:08:43:04	6,000 bees in one hive.
01:08:43:04	01:08:44:29	>> That bees have six legs
01:08:44:29	01:08:47:08	and four wings.
01:08:47:08	01:08:49:12	>> So what did you find out?
01:08:49:12	01:08:50:18	They are what?
01:08:50:18	01:08:52:15	>> That they are insects.
01:08:52:15	01:08:53:24	>> My sense is that you felt
01:08:53:24	01:08:55:04	the lesson was fairly successful
01:08:55:04	01:08:56:09	for today.
01:08:56:09	01:08:57:13	Was there anything
01:08:57:13	01:08:58:15	that you would change
01:08:58:15	01:09:00:12	if you were teaching this again?
01:09:00:12	01:09:03:04	>> I felt it was successful.
01:09:03:04	01:09:04:15	What I would look at
01:09:04:15	01:09:05:26	is some thing's I've implemented
01:09:05:26	01:09:07:26	with a couple students
01:09:07:26	01:09:10:15	who have a little more
01:09:10:15	01:09:12:11	difficulty reading,
01:09:12:11	01:09:14:23	because of having special needs.
01:09:14:23	01:09:16:19	I would look at some other
01:09:16:19	01:09:19:27	options for them.
01:09:19:27	01:09:21:09	I try and keep them
01:09:21:09	01:09:22:13	with everyone else.
01:09:22:13	01:09:23:22	We have different assistive
01:09:23:22	01:09:25:21	technology devices we use.
01:09:25:21	01:09:27:16	Sometimes, those devices
01:09:27:16	01:09:29:25	are more effective than others.
01:09:29:25	01:09:31:00	>> It was an excellent lesson
01:09:31:00	01:09:32:04	to observe.
01:09:32:04	01:09:33:05	We really want to thank you
01:09:33:05	01:09:34:04	for sharing it with us.
01:09:34:04	01:09:35:22	>> Well, thank you.