Observation Reading

WALT- Identify the main idea/theme of the story

Remember to:

• Must put myself in the author’s place
• Examine the words and phrases (the details) for clues to what is important
• Ask questions about what in my experience the clues combined seem to say about what is valued
• Decide what the main idea is by saying “If I had written this and said things this way what would that say about what I thought was important?”

Texts:

SJ P2 N4 2008 - 5 Dollars

Shared learning intention with students

Explained what a theme was using the example of Little Red Riding Hood. 

Buddy- What do you think the message or the theme is for the text 5 dollars. Write down what you think. 

Students shared back with the group- Many offered up ' Telling the truth, stealing is not okay' 

Anna bumped up the idea by suggesting that all their ideas fit under the theme of honesty.

We do 

Now how do we know this theme is about honesty. We need to look for clues. Anna records down clues on the modeling book- this is the start of co-constructing the success criteria.

Anna models a clue from the text - What is this clue telling us? Share together

Do you agree or disagree- Why or why not- Getting Students to justify.

What does that clue make you think?

Constructed the success criteria. The task was to find another clue in the text and think about how you know it's a clue about the main idea or theme.

You do

Students completed this a returned to share. They shared with a buddy and Anna listened. It was clear that some students had achieved the success criteria.

Tomorrow I'm going to have a go at doing this lesson with a 3 new members of the group. I will record myself and upload the lesson for other teachers in the school to work.