A good reader looks carefully at the words and use their voice to make their reading interesting. They ask themselves if what they have read makes sense.
Teacher instruction: Use play dough or crayons to create a picture or make something to show me what you know about change.
Teacher question: What have you made to show me what you know about change?
At the beginning (before teaching):
Student reflection
Then - I thought . . .
If we press this button on the top, this thing will move around all the time. It has a tunnel and the tunnel will change and go down until you press the button again and it will stop.
Student reflection
Now - I know . . .
My seed change into a plant and at the bottom it got roots and green leaves and a stem. I planted it in soil and gave it water. It is getting heaps of sun and it grows bigger than me.
If you look at your graph, what can you tell me about it?
My graph have 6 angry children, 3 surprised children, 2 tired children, 2 sad children and 3 happy children. The angry children is the most and the least is the sad and the tired children.