Yesterday our class got a special lesson from Miss Leah about how important it is to do lots and lots of thinking as we read. To illustrate this, the kids created a "comprehension salad" as we read a book together. Every time Miss Leah read from the book, we added a red "text" card. Then we stopped to do some thinking - predicting, inferrring, making connections, etc. For every thought we had, we added a green "thinking" card.
When we were done, we looked at the salad we had created. Just like a good salad has lots of lettuce and some tomatoes sprinkled in, we realized that a good reader does lots and lots of thinking for every text he or she reads.
When we were done, we looked at the salad we had created. Just like a good salad has lots of lettuce and some tomatoes sprinkled in, we realized that a good reader does lots and lots of thinking for every text he or she reads.
Parents, the next time you read a book with your child (hopefully soon!), remind him or her to be adding lots of thinking to their mental "comprehension salad."
Just like you can't have a good salad that is all tomatoes, you can't have a good reader who never thinks about the text!
