Reading Strategies Lesson: Developing Metacognitive Awareness

... used), how this used and why this strategy was used as well as how it helped them to understand the text, getting the kids to think-aloud and think about their thinking ( reflective and metacognitive phase of the learning) and then getting them to practise the new strategy more independently in groups and then indviduallly so as to evaluate their progress. In the first part of the recording, ...

the corrected curve of their departure

... . but it is becoming increasingly difficult to be me because nowadays I think so much before I act you know? not instinctively myself, a lot more careful, a lot more measured. behavior so metacognitive it's almost theoretical. unreal. if our lives were thread yours & mine have just been retraced & tangled into a colourful twist. but we are different creatures altogether. I love yet loathe this ...

... any of mine. I’m sure that there are some insights that suggest growth in them, but once I finished writing a reflection I moved on. Even so, I know that thinking about ones writing and being metacognitive is an invaluable stimulant for growth, if given a chance. G) Themes and ISP’s While I don’t know Mrs. Rouge’s exact intentions in having us approach writing thematically, but I know what I ...

questionable content commentary

... was going to try to blame Sven for taking advantage of her. Again I was very pleased to see that things didn't seem to be going in that direction. She was also talking about herself with a level of metacognitive awareness, which is a good sign even in a strictly clinical sense. That is, she's aware that she doesn't have to freak out and that even if she does, it's not a sign that something is ...

Four Blackboard Posts from Home

Response to Patchwork Girl   Patchwork Girl is a metacognitive piece, highly aware of what it is, where it came from, and what it is trying to achieve. It points this out to us over and over again, in ways both subtle and blatant. The story is about a woman who is pieced together from parts of other women, one man, and a cow. This is parallel to the story itself, which is ...