Reading lessons
are a great place to use metacognitive skills to help students better
understand what they are reading. If I were
teaching reading lesson, I would introduce the basic topic to students and then
have them read a page or two (or read it out loud to them) and then use some metacognitive
skills. I would have students ask themselves if they understood what they just
read by asking them to talk about what they read. Then I would ask them to make predictions
about what will happen in the story and make connections within the book or to
other subject areas. As they continued to read, I would ask them to make inferences
and use context clues if they did not understand a word or the material they
read. As the students finished reading,
I would have them think about what they have read and summarize it. It is
important for readers to think about what they have read and to mentally check
to see if they have understood. Then, to check for comprehension I would have students
complete an activity such as a graphic organizer. If the story focused on cause
and effect, I would have them write down causes and effects from the story and
support it with evidence from text.
Here is a great website that has sample lessons that incorporate metacognitive skills.
I am glad I read your post! I don't think I understood the question before! Your lesson idea was great and the link to reading was a great example. It seems like that would be easy but watching this in the classroom is difficult. It is an important skill for students to know.
ReplyDeleteI really like your lesson outline because I think it is practical yet effective. I could really see myself doing something like this in my future classroom. I am also glad you included this website because I was able to see a sample lesson plan of how you would incorporate metacognitive skills into your classroom. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to teach a reading lesson! These are skills that students really need to develop.
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