Title: Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading
Publisher: Heinemann
Copyright: 2012
Interest: teaching strategies/ reading/ learning
Source: Amazon.com
Summary:
In Notice and Note Kylene Beers and Bob
Probst introduce 6 "signposts" that alert readers to significant
moments in a work of literature and encourage students to read closely.
Learning first to spot these signposts and then to question them enables
readers to explore the text, any text, finding evidence to support their
interpretations. In short, these close reading strategies will help your
students to notice and note. (Intro on youtube!)
Notice and Note will help create attentive readers who
look closely at a text, interpret it responsibly, and reflect on what it means
in their lives. It should help them become the responsive, rigorous,
independent readers we not only want students to be but know our democracy
demands.
Okay, I was hoping for a miracle. However, I did know, deep
down, sometimes reading isn't about the miracles, it is about doing the reading
- again and again and again.
I am dedicating these eight weeks to reading about better
ways to learn. I have heard several good things about Notice and Note, and it
was recommended to me by Dr. Katherine McKnight. (I talked about her book last
week, The Teachers Big Book of Graphic Organizers.) Notice and Note takes six
basic reading skills that students may have missed and designates them as
"sign posts" - the reading clues all good readers know to look
for. I'll be honest; I wish someone had
told me about these signposts when I was learning to reading. I think so many
times reading is a mystery to students. Many of my struggling readers seem to
think that "smart" students get it when they read and
"dumb" students don't. That is not the case. Sometimes it is simply
that some students know what to look for and other students don't. It isn't
about being smart, but sometimes it is about working hard. I am always amazed
at my students' reactions when they tell me they read something, but they
didn't get it. I ask them for notes, how many times did they read it, did they
ask someone to read it to them? My students usually just stare at me. It is as
if they never considered that reading might require more of them then just
running their eyes over the words on the page. For their friends that is
enough, therefore it should be enough for my struggling students. Wrong. For
some people reading is hard work, but if one doesn't know what reading really
is, they don't realize they aren't doing it.
I think Notice and Note has many good tips, but it isn't
going to make life easier for struggling readers. However, it may give them
some tools to help them be successful. I am looking forward to trying some of
the techniques next week.
Next week: Worksheet Don't Grow Dendrites by Marcia L. Tate (I guess I better find out what does!)
And a Thank you!
Sign Post Image credit: Mrs. Jimenezela, ELA at http://mrsxjimenezela.blogspot.com/2014/09/notice-and-note.html.
Next week: Worksheet Don't Grow Dendrites by Marcia L. Tate (I guess I better find out what does!)And a Thank you!
Sign Post Image credit: Mrs. Jimenezela, ELA at http://mrsxjimenezela.blogspot.com/2014/09/notice-and-note.html.
Hey Mrs. Keogh, Blake here! I find it interesting that you are reading about better ways to teach your students when in fact you are already a great teacher! Personally these books do not relate to me because obviously I am not a teacher but I can still pull something out of it. I never thought that reading could be hard work. But now that I think about it, it really is. I may look into Notice and Note so that I can learn how to be a better, more efficient reader. I thought this blog was great and it was set up nicely! Keep on reading!
ReplyDeleteHey there, Mrs. Keogh! Your blog looks really professional. At first I thought I might've accidentally clicked on one of the links about your book, but then I realized it was, in fact, your blog. So, nice work!! Notice and Note seems like a good and educational book, and I would definitely try to read it. I say "try" because I would probably get bored and stop reading it, but I would definitely consider it! Wow, that last statement was kind of sad. Anyway, your blog was fun to read. I liked that you added personal experiences. I have nothing negative to say. Keep doing your thing, girl!
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