Ashley-I definately feel that it would be tough for first graders, as you said because I think it would be a challenge until later in the year for second grade. Even if students in first grade were just exposed to this strategy and the format of the prop with sticky notes, even just as a whole class, it would be a great introduction and familiar to them when they see it again in second grade.
I can just picture second and third grade teachers having a really large version of this CWS prop made up to post on the board, make it the size of chart paper. This way it could be an interactive tool used during a read aloud for students to complete with the teacher. Students at a young age could even be given larger lined sticky notes or large index cards to post onto the prop. Really young kids could even be introduced to this strategy using picture cards rather than writing.
Karrie-I really like the idea you presented about having this at a center. After it was modeled enough and students had a good grasp on how to use it that would be perfect. My students actually go to a nonfiction work station (center) each week, where they are interacting with nonfiction text and responding. This would be a great way for them to collaborate with a partner to understand the text with a higher level of thinking.
Our school as a whole has created many ways to focus on nonfiction this past year and many strategies have been introduced. I'm excited to take this one back to my building because I feel that any grade level would be able to do this.
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