“We want students to see inside the minds of readers so that they can use that thinking when they read complex text.” –Dr. Doug Fisher
On Day 8, Dr. Fisher provides tips to help identify what to model for students based on their patterns of errors.
He explains, “Thinking is invisible. The only thing we have is talking about our thinking, and we apprentice students to more academic thinking, and more academic reading, through teacher modeling.
“We want students to get a glimpse inside the thinking of a more expert reader. We model in response to patterns of errors that our students have. Modeling in response to students’ patterns of errors helps improve their close reading skills. We model for them to get better, to improve their practices. We want students to get a glimpse inside the thinking of a more expert reader.”
Revisit the data from your Day 7 analysis of students’ annotations. Review the key trends and patterns of errors you found.
Plan what to model based on the findings of that annotation analysis.
As you map out what to model, consider using the Learning Log to list your teaching points.
This chart can be used to analyze a class set of annotations and identify trends and instructional needs.
This log can be used to capture new learnings as you develop close reading techniques.
