Supporting Students’ Work With Reading and Language Arts
As students engage in reading and language arts work, ask them to explain their thinking. Provide coaching as needed for areas that challenge students, referring to any supports on the pages. Engage students in conversation to broaden their speaking and listening skills. Consult the Answer Key provided if you need to find correct answers. Coaching Strategies When a student responds to a text, say: • Interesting idea! What details in the text led you to this idea? • I can see you are really thinking. • What other ideas would you like to share? When a student appears to be confused or challenged, say: • Let’s think about this together. Begin by modeling your thinking, giving hints as needed, and guiding the student to develop a response. • Let’s see how you can use the information here to help with this.
• Break down the task. First, we need to figure out ... • Remember, there’s no such thing as a “good reader.” When we put in effort, we are all “growing readers.” • Remember, no one is a “bad writer.” We just need to learn the tools that will make us “strong writers.” When a student comes up with an incorrect response, say: • Think about this and try again. • Remember, you can always ask for help. • Let’s sound this word out together. • Let’s break this big word into smaller parts so we can figure it out.
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