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Materials Needed: Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes, Arrow Shape (7350-CAMX), Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes, Flower and Apple Shape (7350-FAMX), Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes, Star Shapes (7350-STR), Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes, Heart Shapes (7350-HRT), Post-it® Notes Cubes, Lavender (2054-PP), Post-it® Notes 1 1/2 x 2, Canary Yellow (653)
Materials Needed:
- Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes
- Arrow Shape (7350-CAMX)
- Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes
- Flower and Apple Shape (7350-FAMX)
- Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes
- Star Shapes (7350-STR)
- Post-it® Specialty Die Cut Notes
- Heart Shapes (7350-HRT)
- Post-it® Notes Cubes
- Lavender (2054-PP)
- Post-it® Notes 1 1/2 x 2
- Canary Yellow (653)
Description:
I have my reading garden set up to be a public reading journal where everyone in the room gets to participate, including myself. From the beginning of the year I let the kids know what the Post-it® Notes represent. So when other kids in the class see a heart they will know right away what that represents. I have them do this in addition to their own reading journals.
Instructions:
Step 1: Set everything up on one bulletin board to have a garden scene. I try and make it look like a real garden with a tree in the middle of the board and a fence with some woodland creatures. Figure out what Post-it Notes you need by defining what you want your Post-it Notes to represent.
Step 2: From whenever I start this project I let the kids know what the Post-it Notes represent. So when other kids in the class see a heart they will know right away what that represents. I also keep a little chart by the bulletin board as a reminder, cuts down a lot of the questions. This is what I have done in the past that seems to work you can change them as you need. Post-it® Arrow-Questions about the story, something they didn’t understand, words you don’t understand or something they want clarification on. Post-it® Die-Cut Heart Note -Write something they loved about the book/story and wanted to share with everyone else. Post-it® Die-Cut Apple Note -Something you didn’t expect to happen compared to what you thought would happen Post-it® Die-Cut Star Note -Something you can relate too. Post-it® Die-Cut Flower Note -Predictions about what will happen in the book next. Purple Post-it Note -My comments to the student about their thoughts Canary Post-it Note - Student’s comment to other *Note: Make sure the student includes page numbers, I have found that the Post-it Note is not big enough to put details so including page numbers helps. Also on rare occasions other students have gone back and checked out the passage. But this is another reason I encourage them to write in a personal journal as well. **Note: I do not keep the Post-it Notes out all of the time. I place them in a small picnic basket with pencils and pens and bring them out when students have finished their work.
Afterwards:
Lesson Extensions: The time that this is typically done is after I have read aloud or we have silently read. I encourage them to write in their personal reading journal, if they have nothing to write about I make them pull from the writing prompt jar. When they are done writing they are free to get up and grab the Post-it Note(s) that they need to write what they need too. I do this as well the journaling and Post-it Note so I can model, and the kids really are interested in what I’m thinking about a story. We can spend 5 – 30 minutes with this journaling project. On a couple of occasions I have had students come in and want to fill out a Post-it Note early.
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