Comments on: Reading Graph http://nerdyteacherconfessions.edublogs.org Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:14:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.5.1 By: aoelschlager http://nerdyteacherconfessions.edublogs.org/units-and-lesson-plans/first-week-of-school/reading-graph/comment-page-1/#comment-155 aoelschlager Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:56:41 +0000 http://nerdyteacherconfessions.edublogs.org/?page_id=417#comment-155 I never thought about that before, and in my 4 years doing this activity, we never have had that problem. I had a lot more kids say, “Wow, I didn’t see that story!”. Also, I use moments like that to teach some interpersonal skills about having different opinions.

I have the kids spend about 10 minutes paging through the books and putting their post-it notes in their book and then putting them up on the board…so by the time we are done it is pretty accurate. Although, every year there are stories that tend to be really popular…like one about baby seals. I’ve found that it is a quick, fun way for the kids to preview their book.

Hope that answers your question.

Amy aka The Nerdy Teacher

]]> By: Treesaregreen http://nerdyteacherconfessions.edublogs.org/units-and-lesson-plans/first-week-of-school/reading-graph/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Treesaregreen Wed, 02 May 2012 05:15:06 +0000 http://nerdyteacherconfessions.edublogs.org/?page_id=417#comment-138 While this sounds like a great activity but doesn’t it create a fair amount of devision in the kids in the class? Eg: If a student picks a story that’s really unpopular won’t they be teased about it by the others?
Also, kids tend to copy other kids so the line up will be very distorted? I never quite understood why teachers did this. Please enlighten me.

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