Last week I observed a lesson and read chapter one of Alison Davis Building Comprehension Strategies, and this week I put into practice one thing that I picked up from my observation and reading.
Success criteria explicitly state to the children what they need to be able to do to achieve a WALT for a lesson or series of lessons. At the beginning of the lesson it is important to unpack the points of the Success Criteria so that the children have a clear understanding of what they need to do and how to use the strategy. After reading a section of text the teacher should allow for discussion so that the children can apply the appropriate strategies. This also allows for pair share, so that if a child has not understood how to use a strategy, they can gain understanding from someone who can speak in his/her language.
This week I have used Success Criteria to explicitly state what the children needs to do to be successful in the learning intention. We unpacked the WALT and Success Criteria and have found that the child's understanding of what to do and how to use a strategy has become much more clearer. For example; one group was is learning how to re-tell a story. To be successful they understand that there is key language that they must use to be be successful. When re-telling a story in pairs they can identify if a person has not used key language and when they have used the key language.
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