1st Grade Close Reading

1st Grade Close Reading

Yesterday and today I had the opportunity to visit Mrs. Hochstedler's room and continue our work on close reading. 

Yesterday, we worked together with the nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, to practice the 3 phases of close reading. In phase 1, we read for general comprehension and understanding. In phase 2, we read again and circled any unknown words that we didn't know the meaning of. In phase 3, we read for the final time to answer the question, "Why did Jack go to bed?. The students had to support their answer. 

Today the students worked independently with the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffet. I began the lesson by reviewing the three stages and what happened during each stage.

Phase 1: Their first task was to go to their seats and read the nursery rhyme 2 times on their own. After completing their reading, they were to come back to the front to show me they were ready to discuss the characters, setting, story sequence of the nursery rhyme. 

Phase 2: Students were to return to their seats, reread the nursery rhyme, and circle words that they didn't know the meaning of. Students were also asked to determine the authors purpose of writing the nursery rhyme. As the students were working, I noticed that I needed to clarify that we were underlining words we didn't know the meaning of and not words we did not know how to read. After students were done reading, I called on a student to say a word they didn't know the meaning of. That allowed for other students to help clarify the meaning to the students. Mrs. H has also implemented talk moves which helped me check in with all the students on whether they agreed, wanted to add more, or needed more clarification. 

Phase 3: During phase three, students read for the final time, to answer the question, "Why did the spider sit down beside Miss. Muffet?" Answers from first graders included: "The spider was hungry and wanted some food." "The spider wanted to bite Miss Muffet." and "The spider wanted to scare her away so it could build a web!"

I am so proud of how well these first graders are understanding the stages of close reading! I have attached the documents with the poems and pictures that I used during the lessons! Let me know if you would like help getting this going in your room! 

Little Miss Muffet

Jack and Jill