Today in The One and Only Ivan, Ivan contradicted his previous behavior. In the book he has told us before that he never gets angry, but today he got angry. When you find a Contrast and Contradiction signpost the reader is supposed to stop and ask themselves: Why is the character doing that?
This is exactly what we did we took time to think about why Ivan got mad. The class was able to dig deeper into this important moment of the book. They realized that Ivan was frustrated that all his work was for nothing, but more importantly they realized he was angry because he was not going to keep his promise to Stella. If you want you could talk to our students about the moment that Ivan got angry. Hopefully they can tell you all about this moment.
These signposts are going to be something that we discuss all year long. Hopefully after being introduced to these signposts and seeing me model how I use the signposts when I read aloud the students will feel more comfortable using them in their reading.
We also spent part of today looking at some art. As we looked at the art we reviewed the metacognition thinking strategy and talked about inferences. Here is the painting that we looked at today.
Students told me what they saw in the painting, what they noticed, and what they inferred as they looked at the painting. One of my favorite inferences was that there was only one person in the apartment. When I asked this student to explain his evidence he said, "there is only one car parked outside." Brilliant! I was thinking he just saw the one light in the building, but his evidence is so much more advanced.
Next week we are going to start talking about our next thinking stem visualizing. I love some of the lessons that go with the idea of picturing what you read.
I cannot believe tomorrow is Friday. I also cannot believe that we are sending midterms home tomorrow. Hope you are all having a great week.
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