Literacy Circles - P7B October 10, 2008
Posted by wgordon in : Curriculum for Excellence, P7 , trackbackLiteracy Circles in Primary 7 provides a context in which the children can apply reading and writing skills flexibly. The programme is structured for pupil independence, responsibility and ownership and is guided primarily by pupil insights and questions.
Children should: -
• Enthusiastically participate in group work and discussions
• Begin to ask more thought provoking questions
• Follow up others ideas effectively
• Encourage all members to participate
• Disagree constructively
• Ensure their opinions are supported by evidence
• More able children should rely less heavily on notes as prompts
Quotes from the children: -
• “Reading roles test you and make you think about what you are reading.”
• “It is more interesting than just answering questions and it’s good to chat about your work.”
• “Some people never used to read their book, but say they did, with this you actually have to read it.”
• “We get to choose our own books which is good and if we don’t like it it’s our fault.”
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Doing literacy circles is so much fun. You need to finish your book in 6 weeks though. We are now on our first week of our second book.
I just hope that this book will be as good as the last one and mabye even better!!!