Literacy Activity Sheet Grade 2 & 3 
How to use: In groups, students take turns reading either a page or paragraph at a time. After reading a chapter, students stop and review what they have read in the chapter by either drawing or writing their thoughts in the first box on the sheet. If they do not know or are not familiar with either the meaning or spelling of particular words, these are then written on the left hand-side list for reflection later. Students return to reading and stop again when the teacher feels they might be coming disengaged with the text or there is a natural conclusion to the chapter. Students then discuss where the story is set and if the same story could be set anywhere else (space, city, shopping mall etc..). This gets students talking about the story and keeps them on task. Again, if students are not familiar with any particular words they write these on the left hand-side list. After the session students cut the left hand-side list off and paste it into a book for spelling assessments and reflection later. The remainder of the sheet can be pasted into their literacy books for reflection later.Professional Standards for Queensland Teachers addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Purpose:
Critical Reflection: Drawing pictures worked well and helped discussion. Time is a factor with this exercise though as student reading was quite slow in between activities (40 min activity). If students are reading an encyclopaedia the sheet can still be used. I recently noticed the students became familiar with the action of stopping and reflecting on the story. When a group recently read an encyclopaedia of the Rainforest they were keen to stop and draw pictures of their favourite animals in the book. It was easy here, to let the students wander off task to more drawing-type activities. However, I asked students to read their 'animal' they wanted to draw and this kept discussion going. Students stopped drawing, read about their animal and then returned to drawing a picture of it. Often students changed their minds on which animal they wanted to draw so more discussion occurred with students reading out descriptions of animals out of the book. Recent modifications to the sheet include: - added a space for student names. - added a space for book title and author. |
