It's Good Reader Boy! 3:30 Weekdays...

I’ve wanted to come up with a clever way for students to remember their thinking for reading strategies.  A list just seems too boring.  One thing I’ve learned in BrainSMART is to connect information to parts of the body to make it more memorable.  So I came up with this Good Reader Boy poster!

 

The poster connects like this:

Head: Think. Good readers monitor their own thinking while reading.

Eyes: Infer.  Good readers look for clues in their text or their own schema to draw conclusions, make predictions, and more.

Nose: Importance. Good readers sniff out important details and summarize key points.

Mouth: Questions.  Good readers ask questions before, during and after reading.

Heart: Visualize. Good readers love to make brain-movies when reading to fill in details missing from text.

Stomach: Schema.  Good readers are hungry to connect things in their text to what they already know.

Waist: Purpose. Good readers don’t waste time…they choose a purpose for reading and pick the best strategy.

Hands: Synthesize. Good readers can ‘put it all together’ to retell and summarize beyond the basic information.

Knees: Monitor Comprehension.  Good readers know they need to understand text. They know what to do if they don’t understand the text.

Feet: Text Structure.  Good readers have a firm understanding of the elements of a story and use it to help them understand the text.

Is the little fella a little…um…disproportionate? Yes, but I’m going with the “it adds character” excuse!  I can’t wait to share this with the students Monday!

I've had the poster re-designed, and it is for sale here: http://www.fortheloveofteaching.net/p/products.html

It's Good Reader Boy! 3:30 Weekdays...