00:00:00:00 00:00:01:03 >> How do students use 00:00:01:03 00:00:02:02 evaluating to get into 00:00:02:02 00:00:03:02 the book? 00:00:03:02 00:00:04:07 Let's get Behind the Lesson 00:00:04:07 00:00:05:15 and see how teachers 00:00:05:15 00:00:07:19 make this happen. 00:00:07:19 00:00:09:06 >> We're keeping a reading log 00:00:09:06 00:00:10:19 so we know everything we read. 00:00:10:19 00:00:11:29 Jeff, the last one? 00:00:11:29 00:00:13:04 >> Write a reading response 00:00:13:04 00:00:14:26 every week. 00:00:14:26 00:00:15:25 >> Any questions about 00:00:15:25 00:00:18:29 the expectations today? 00:00:18:29 00:00:20:00 And I'm going to meet with 00:00:20:00 00:00:21:03 the reading group today, 00:00:21:03 00:00:22:09 with Rosie and Dumari, 00:00:22:09 00:00:24:18 and Ariana and Josh. 00:00:24:18 00:00:26:07 I want us to start by thinking 00:00:26:07 00:00:28:05 about some prior knowledge, some 00:00:28:05 00:00:29:22 things that we already know. 00:00:29:22 00:00:30:26 I want you to think about 00:00:30:26 00:00:32:16 when Clyde Clark came to visit. 00:00:32:16 00:00:34:08 What were some of those 00:00:34:08 00:00:35:15 inventions from the past? 00:00:35:15 00:00:36:19 Those inventions that were 00:00:36:19 00:00:37:26 invented by African American 00:00:37:26 00:00:39:12 people. 00:00:39:12 00:00:40:27 What do you remember Dumari? 00:00:40:27 00:00:42:19 >> The grease. 00:00:42:19 00:00:43:29 >> The hair grease, 00:00:43:29 00:00:45:21 wasn't that cool? 00:00:45:21 00:00:46:20 Josh, do you remember 00:00:46:20 00:00:48:00 an invention from the past? 00:00:48:00 00:00:49:17 >> The gas mask. 00:00:49:17 00:00:51:00 >> The gas mask, yeah. 00:00:51:00 00:00:52:16 Those were some cool inventions 00:00:52:16 00:00:53:26 from the past. 00:00:53:26 00:00:55:16 "Time for Kids" has a special 00:00:55:16 00:00:56:21 issue that we're going to 00:00:56:21 00:00:58:04 look at today, that's about 00:00:58:04 00:01:00:17 inventions from right now, 00:01:00:17 00:01:02:00 from today. 00:01:02:00 00:01:03:04 >> Let's talk a little bit 00:01:03:04 00:01:04:06 about the lesson today. 00:01:04:06 00:01:05:21 What was your primary objective? 00:01:05:21 00:01:07:07 >> We've just newly learned 00:01:07:07 00:01:08:23 the strategy of evaluating. 00:01:08:23 00:01:09:28 It was just to kind of continue 00:01:09:28 00:01:11:16 practicing using that strategy 00:01:11:16 00:01:13:11 to get that language out there, 00:01:13:11 00:01:15:07 of criteria, and evaluating. 00:01:15:07 00:01:16:16 To get them to understand 00:01:16:16 00:01:17:22 what that strategy means, 00:01:17:22 00:01:19:03 what kind of thinking that is 00:01:19:03 00:01:20:14 when they're evaluating. 00:01:20:14 00:01:21:24 Here we have these brand new 00:01:21:24 00:01:24:06 inventions that "Time for Kids" 00:01:24:06 00:01:25:19 thinks the kids are going to 00:01:25:19 00:01:27:26 think are pretty cool. 00:01:27:26 00:01:29:09 We're going to evaluate these 00:01:29:09 00:01:30:16 inventions and we're going 00:01:30:16 00:01:32:01 to decide if you think 00:01:32:01 00:01:33:27 they're pretty cool. 00:01:33:27 00:01:35:12 We're going to use criteria 00:01:35:12 00:01:37:10 to do that. 00:01:37:10 00:01:39:10 Now these are some of the ideas 00:01:39:10 00:01:41:00 that you came up with, 00:01:41:00 00:01:44:05 and I added a couple of my own. 00:01:44:05 00:01:45:16 You told me if an invention 00:01:45:16 00:01:47:06 is a cool invention, 00:01:47:06 00:01:49:05 it's a robot. 00:01:49:05 00:01:50:22 Kids think it's a cool invention 00:01:50:22 00:01:52:17 if you can buy it, 00:01:52:17 00:01:53:24 if you can afford to buy it. 00:01:53:24 00:01:54:27 They think it's cool 00:01:54:27 00:01:56:00 if it makes life easier, 00:01:56:00 00:01:57:04 or you guys think it's cool 00:01:57:04 00:01:58:12 if it makes life easier. 00:01:58:12 00:01:59:20 If it's fun to use. 00:01:59:20 00:02:01:01 And you think it's cool 00:02:01:01 00:02:02:04 if it's a toy. 00:02:02:04 00:02:03:10 So you sort of evaluated. 00:02:03:10 00:02:04:19 You thought of some criteria 00:02:04:19 00:02:05:27 for what would make 00:02:05:27 00:02:07:21 a cool invention. 00:02:07:21 00:02:09:26 Today, we're going to take 00:02:09:26 00:02:12:22 a closer look at this issue 00:02:12:22 00:02:15:06 of "Time for Kids," which is 00:02:15:06 00:02:17:27 focused all on cool inventions 00:02:17:27 00:02:19:21 of 2005. 00:02:19:21 00:02:21:00 You can really go through this 00:02:21:00 00:02:22:16 in any order that you like. 00:02:22:16 00:02:23:24 While you're going through it, 00:02:23:24 00:02:25:04 I'd like you to make sure that 00:02:25:04 00:02:27:13 you read about each invention, 00:02:27:13 00:02:28:20 and think about 00:02:28:20 00:02:30:20 what is the invention called 00:02:30:20 00:02:32:11 and what is it that it does. 00:02:32:11 00:02:33:16 I want you to notice 00:02:33:16 00:02:35:02 the bold red print, because 00:02:35:02 00:02:36:12 that's going to help you find 00:02:36:12 00:02:38:13 the name of the invention. 00:02:38:13 00:02:40:00 >> "It can also provide 00:02:40:00 00:02:41:19 clean drinking water 00:02:41:19 00:02:44:29 for survivors of hurricanes 00:02:44:29 00:02:48:03 or other disasters." 00:02:48:03 00:02:49:05 >> Tell me, what's the name 00:02:49:05 00:02:50:07 of that invention? 00:02:50:07 00:02:51:08 >> LifeStraw. 00:02:51:08 00:02:52:13 >> And what does it do? 00:02:52:13 00:02:53:16 >> It helps you 00:02:53:16 00:02:55:13 from getting sick. 00:02:55:13 00:02:56:28 It helps you from getting sick. 00:02:56:28 00:02:58:01 >> How does it help you 00:02:58:01 00:02:59:12 from getting sick? 00:02:59:12 00:03:01:14 >> The straw uses seven types 00:03:01:14 00:03:03:28 of filters to clean dirty water. 00:03:03:28 00:03:05:12 >> So they're cleaning the dirty 00:03:05:12 00:03:06:20 water, and then you can drink 00:03:06:20 00:03:08:22 the water that used to be dirty 00:03:08:22 00:03:10:17 and is now clean. 00:03:10:17 00:03:12:26 What do you think about that? 00:03:12:26 00:03:14:20 >> It's cool. 00:03:14:20 00:03:15:24 >> You also dropped in 00:03:15:24 00:03:16:29 on all your kids. 00:03:16:29 00:03:18:06 You listened to each one of them 00:03:18:06 00:03:19:21 read orally for a few minutes. 00:03:19:21 00:03:21:00 Tell us what you're doing there. 00:03:21:00 00:03:22:10 >> I'm doing a running record. 00:03:22:10 00:03:24:00 I'm just looking for what words 00:03:24:00 00:03:25:25 they can read, whether they're 00:03:25:25 00:03:28:06 paying attention to punctuation, 00:03:28:06 00:03:29:25 whether they're reading 00:03:29:25 00:03:31:03 fluently. 00:03:31:03 00:03:32:12 If I notice they miss four 00:03:32:12 00:03:34:17 or five words, I want to 00:03:34:17 00:03:35:24 make sure to have a discussion 00:03:35:24 00:03:37:00 and see whether they understood 00:03:37:00 00:03:38:09 the gist anyway, 00:03:38:09 00:03:39:14 whether they need more support 00:03:39:14 00:03:41:02 with that section. 00:03:41:02 00:03:42:15 I showed you something like this 00:03:42:15 00:03:43:23 when we made the criteria 00:03:43:23 00:03:45:11 for what makes a good book. 00:03:45:11 00:03:47:00 Do you remember that? 00:03:47:00 00:03:48:10 Well, this is criteria 00:03:48:10 00:03:51:02 for what makes a cool invention. 00:03:51:02 00:03:52:06 Now most reading programs 00:03:52:06 00:03:53:11 are sort of driven by things 00:03:53:11 00:03:54:17 in book format, but you 00:03:54:17 00:03:55:26 deliberately chose what I would 00:03:55:26 00:03:57:13 call an alternative text. 00:03:57:13 00:03:58:17 >> I chose the "New Scoop" 00:03:58:17 00:04:00:06 edition of "Time for Kids," 00:04:00:06 00:04:01:13 which is geared towards 00:04:01:13 00:04:02:20 second and third grade 00:04:02:20 00:04:04:03 reading levels. 00:04:04:03 00:04:05:23 I chose that intentionally, 00:04:05:23 00:04:07:00 because it's a little below 00:04:07:00 00:04:08:23 most of their reading levels. 00:04:08:23 00:04:10:05 I wanted them to be focusing 00:04:10:05 00:04:11:23 on the strategy use and not 00:04:11:23 00:04:14:22 the decoding of the reading. 00:04:14:22 00:04:16:16 I chose "Time for Kids" 00:04:16:16 00:04:17:22 specifically because kids 00:04:17:22 00:04:18:29 really enjoy it. 00:04:18:29 00:04:20:11 When the new issue comes, 00:04:20:11 00:04:21:23 they're just really excited. 00:04:21:23 00:04:22:27 I think it's important for kids 00:04:22:27 00:04:23:29 to stay on top of 00:04:23:29 00:04:25:04 current events. 00:04:25:04 00:04:26:15 And it's a way to do it that 00:04:26:15 00:04:27:18 I think is a little more 00:04:27:18 00:04:28:25 engaging than the newspaper 00:04:28:25 00:04:30:06 and a little more accessible. 00:04:30:06 00:04:31:07 Is it a toy? 00:04:31:07 00:04:32:18 >> No. 00:04:32:18 00:04:33:20 >> Let's evaluate 00:04:33:20 00:04:34:24 the LandRollers. 00:04:34:24 00:04:36:07 Is it transportation? 00:04:36:07 00:04:38:10 >> Yeah! 00:04:38:10 00:04:39:18 >> Are they affordable? 00:04:39:18 00:04:40:13 >> No. 00:04:40:13 00:04:41:10 >> Yes. 00:04:41:10 00:04:42:06 >> No. 00:04:42:06 00:04:43:09 >> If you have enough money. 00:04:43:09 00:04:44:21 >> What do we know about 00:04:44:21 00:04:46:16 whether they're affordable? 00:04:46:16 00:04:47:15 What do we know about 00:04:47:15 00:04:48:19 how much they cost? 00:04:48:19 00:04:50:18 >> Two hundred forty-nine bucks, 00:04:50:18 00:04:52:15 plus tax, I think. 00:04:52:15 00:04:54:09 >> Three hundred dollars. 00:04:54:09 00:04:55:11 >> So I hear you saying it 00:04:55:11 00:04:56:16 kind of depends on who you are 00:04:56:16 00:04:57:15 whether or not 00:04:57:15 00:04:58:19 you can afford it. 00:04:58:19 00:04:59:18 People might answer 00:04:59:18 00:05:00:21 that question differently. 00:05:00:21 00:05:01:24 How would you like us 00:05:01:24 00:05:03:16 to answer it today? 00:05:03:16 00:05:04:19 Is that affordable? 00:05:04:19 00:05:05:29 >> Yes. 00:05:05:29 00:05:07:11 >> Do LandRollers 00:05:07:11 00:05:09:01 make life easier? 00:05:09:01 00:05:10:23 >> Yes, because they help you 00:05:10:23 00:05:13:14 not trip on the sidewalk 00:05:13:14 00:05:15:27 with the cracks. 00:05:15:27 00:05:16:28 >> Okay, I like how you 00:05:16:28 00:05:18:07 went right back to the text 00:05:18:07 00:05:19:18 to look for that detail. 00:05:19:18 00:05:21:17 Does it make life safer? 00:05:21:17 00:05:22:25 >> Yes, because you won't 00:05:22:25 00:05:24:10 get your knee and stuff 00:05:24:10 00:05:26:27 all busted up. 00:05:26:27 00:05:28:08 >> Is it fun to have and use? 00:05:28:08 00:05:29:13 >> Yeah. 00:05:29:13 00:05:30:15 >> Dang! 00:05:30:15 00:05:31:17 >> Look at that, we really 00:05:31:17 00:05:32:20 thought that pretty cool. 00:05:32:20 00:05:33:29 >> That almost, like, won! 00:05:33:29 00:05:35:04 >> What's Nuvo? 00:05:35:04 00:05:37:07 >> Nuvo can dance 00:05:37:07 00:05:39:28 and play music and shake hands. 00:05:39:28 00:05:41:06 >> Yeah, I think that's 00:05:41:06 00:05:42:20 a beautiful summary. 00:05:42:20 00:05:43:24 He can dance and shake hands 00:05:43:24 00:05:45:12 and play music. 00:05:45:12 00:05:46:15 Well, there's more details, 00:05:46:15 00:05:47:29 but he gave us a nice summary. 00:05:47:29 00:05:49:08 >> I think what was interesting 00:05:49:08 00:05:50:17 was it was a guided reading 00:05:50:17 00:05:51:25 lesson, but all the focus wasn't 00:05:51:25 00:05:53:12 on oral reading and word level. 00:05:53:12 00:05:54:21 There was a lot of attention 00:05:54:21 00:05:56:07 to comprehension strategy. 00:05:56:07 00:05:57:11 How important is that 00:05:57:11 00:05:58:22 for third graders? 00:05:58:22 00:06:00:29 >> I think it's very important. 00:06:00:29 00:06:02:06 I think it's that year 00:06:02:06 00:06:03:10 you hear people say a lot, 00:06:03:10 00:06:04:23 you go from learning to read, 00:06:04:23 00:06:06:16 to reading to learn. 00:06:06:16 00:06:08:10 Most of my kids have got 00:06:08:10 00:06:10:04 the phonetic abilities down 00:06:10:04 00:06:11:18 and so I'm just trying to 00:06:11:18 00:06:13:23 build fluency and understanding. 00:06:13:23 00:06:14:21 I want you to take it 00:06:14:21 00:06:15:24 a step further. 00:06:15:24 00:06:17:05 Close your magazine 00:06:17:05 00:06:20:23 and look at the cover. 00:06:20:23 00:06:23:02 What I want you to think about 00:06:23:02 00:06:25:26 is this magazine, 00:06:25:26 00:06:27:12 this "Time for Kids," 00:06:27:12 00:06:30:26 the coolest inventions of 2005. 00:06:30:26 00:06:32:21 Overall, as a whole magazine, 00:06:32:21 00:06:34:05 how do you think they did 00:06:34:05 00:06:35:23 in choosing inventions 00:06:35:23 00:06:37:11 that were cool? 00:06:37:11 00:06:38:22 Do you think that 00:06:38:22 00:06:41:06 "Time for Kids" did a good job 00:06:41:06 00:06:43:08 in making this magazine? 00:06:43:08 00:06:45:00 What do you think they did well? 00:06:45:00 00:06:46:10 Or, do you think there were 00:06:46:10 00:06:47:14 some things they could have 00:06:47:14 00:06:48:28 done better? 00:06:48:28 00:06:49:29 >> They could have done 00:06:49:29 00:06:51:15 the prices on every single one. 00:06:51:15 00:06:52:28 >> Dumari's saying it would have 00:06:52:28 00:06:54:04 been nice if the magazine 00:06:54:04 00:06:55:09 had included the price 00:06:55:09 00:06:56:20 of every invention. 00:06:56:20 00:06:57:22 >> Yeah. 00:06:57:22 00:06:59:00 >> Why don't you think about 00:06:59:00 00:07:00:08 something we talked about 00:07:00:08 00:07:01:11 at the beginning. 00:07:01:11 00:07:02:16 When Clyde Clark came, and 00:07:02:16 00:07:03:18 he shared all those inventions 00:07:03:18 00:07:04:22 with us, did he talk about 00:07:04:22 00:07:06:00 who had invented all of those 00:07:06:00 00:07:07:02 things, and that all 00:07:07:02 00:07:08:05 of those things had been 00:07:08:05 00:07:09:12 invented by African Americans? 00:07:09:12 00:07:10:12 >> Yes. 00:07:10:12 00:07:11:14 >> Do you think it would be 00:07:11:14 00:07:12:21 interesting to know information 00:07:12:21 00:07:13:21 about who made 00:07:13:21 00:07:15:15 these inventions here? 00:07:15:15 00:07:17:25 Why would that be interesting? 00:07:17:25 00:07:19:20 >> Because, if you know who the 00:07:19:20 00:07:21:29 person was, then you would say-- 00:07:21:29 00:07:24:12 or if it was your friend, or 00:07:24:12 00:07:26:04 something, then you could ask 00:07:26:04 00:07:27:29 them, "How do you make those?" 00:07:27:29 00:07:28:29 And they'll teach you 00:07:28:29 00:07:29:29 how to make them. 00:07:29:29 00:07:31:01 Then you'll learn, 00:07:31:01 00:07:32:16 and you'll become popular 00:07:32:16 00:07:35:18 of becoming to make something. 00:07:35:18 00:07:36:26 >> Okay. 00:07:36:26 00:07:38:02 >> Working with a small group 00:07:38:02 00:07:39:22 was effective, because 00:07:39:22 00:07:41:27 your other kids are so well 00:07:41:27 00:07:44:00 engaged independently. 00:07:44:00 00:07:45:06 Can you talk a little bit 00:07:45:06 00:07:46:19 about how you lay a foundation 00:07:46:19 00:07:47:22 for that independence, 00:07:47:22 00:07:48:25 that self regulation. 00:07:48:25 00:07:51:02 What do you do to foster that? 00:07:51:02 00:07:52:08 >> We do some modeling of it 00:07:52:08 00:07:53:24 with fishbowl modeling. 00:07:53:24 00:07:54:28 You know, where I'd have 00:07:54:28 00:07:55:29 a couple kids come up 00:07:55:29 00:07:57:13 and I use a timer, and we'd 00:07:57:13 00:07:58:26 kind of watch. 00:07:58:26 00:07:59:29 What does it look like when 00:07:59:29 00:08:01:08 somebody reads uninterrupted 00:08:01:08 00:08:02:17 for five minutes? 00:08:02:17 00:08:04:01 Then we just keep adding time. 00:08:04:01 00:08:05:10 Then, we try it. 00:08:05:10 00:08:07:03 Then we talk about what to do 00:08:07:03 00:08:09:00 so you can sustain it. 00:08:09:00 00:08:10:20 I want you to think 00:08:10:20 00:08:12:09 like inventors and think about 00:08:12:09 00:08:15:22 the future. 00:08:15:22 00:08:17:06 This is just a prompt that 00:08:17:06 00:08:18:13 you're going to take with you 00:08:18:13 00:08:19:15 for writing. 00:08:19:15 00:08:20:24 I want you to think about 00:08:20:24 00:08:22:17 how you would look at some 00:08:22:17 00:08:24:24 really common inventions 00:08:24:24 00:08:26:14 that we use every day, 00:08:26:14 00:08:28:11 and how you could evaluate these 00:08:28:11 00:08:29:24 and decide how you could 00:08:29:24 00:08:31:06 make them better. 00:08:31:06 00:08:32:19 Inventors look at something 00:08:32:19 00:08:34:19 and they use criteria. 00:08:34:19 00:08:35:19 And they evaluate it, 00:08:35:19 00:08:36:25 and they think about what's good 00:08:36:25 00:08:38:02 and what could be better 00:08:38:02 00:08:40:05 and how they could change it. 00:08:40:05 00:08:41:03 You're going to be 00:08:41:03 00:08:42:04 the future generation. 00:08:42:04 00:08:43:06 I'm really looking forward 00:08:43:06 00:08:44:19 to what you are going to use 00:08:44:19 00:08:45:29 your critical thinking skills 00:08:45:29 00:08:48:02 to invent. 00:08:48:02 00:08:49:11 >> How would you follow up 00:08:49:11 00:08:50:26 what you did today? 00:08:50:26 00:08:52:07 What do you see as the next step 00:08:52:07 00:08:54:02 for the students that 00:08:54:02 00:08:55:15 you were working with, or 00:08:55:15 00:08:57:20 for the strategy of evaluation? 00:08:57:20 00:08:58:21 >> I'm still not sure they were 00:08:58:21 00:09:00:07 understanding the idea 00:09:00:07 00:09:01:13 of actually evaluating 00:09:01:13 00:09:02:22 the "Time for Kids" 00:09:02:22 00:09:04:17 as a magazine. 00:09:04:17 00:09:05:20 You now, they kept going 00:09:05:20 00:09:06:23 on this tangent of wanting 00:09:06:23 00:09:07:27 to talk about 00:09:07:27 00:09:09:09 the actual inventions. 00:09:09:09 00:09:10:18 So, maybe find some texts 00:09:10:18 00:09:12:04 that were similar and just 00:09:12:04 00:09:13:26 sort of repeat the process. 00:09:13:26 00:09:15:06 I guess, look for texts that 00:09:15:06 00:09:16:26 would lend themselves towards 00:09:16:26 00:09:20:00 similar type discussions. 00:09:20:00 00:09:21:16 >> Let me just say, as somebody 00:09:21:16 00:09:22:22 who's really watched 00:09:22:22 00:09:24:08 guided reading in a lot 00:09:24:08 00:09:25:12 of classrooms, 00:09:25:12 00:09:26:15 it's very interesting to see 00:09:26:15 00:09:27:19 how you handled this kind 00:09:27:19 00:09:28:27 of a lesson with alternative 00:09:28:27 00:09:30:18 text and third graders. 00:09:30:18 00:09:31:20 Very interesting. 00:09:31:20 00:09:32:20 Thank you. 00:09:32:20 00:09:34:04 >> Thank you.