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