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Say what? Yes, you read that right! This past week we have talked about what schemata is. We called it Schema in class. So what is schemata exactly? The grown up version says its a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information. Schemas can be useful because they allow us to take shortcuts in interpreting the vast amount of information that is available in our environment.
Now, what on earth does that word mean for our kids? The kids learned that schema is what we already know that we think about while we read. It is how we connect to the text. I found a wonderful lesson I adopted from Crisscross Applesauce that fit our 5th graders.
We talked about a lint roller and how it picks things up. I talked about how our brains are like that sticky roller. The things we see, hear, do, read all get
Now, what on earth does that word mean for our kids? The kids learned that schema is what we already know that we think about while we read. It is how we connect to the text. I found a wonderful lesson I adopted from Crisscross Applesauce that fit our 5th graders.
We talked about a lint roller and how it picks things up. I talked about how our brains are like that sticky roller. The things we see, hear, do, read all get
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stuck in our brains - just like the pieces of lint tuck to this sticky roller.
We talked about ways our brains connect to the things around us: text to world, text to self, text to media, and text to text. The kids got a chance to brainstorm thing they already knew. They added it to their lint roller.
We then transferred our learning to make meaningful connections to the text. The kids have started making chains. Each link shows a spot in the text that they are reading that connects to one of the the categories we learned about. It has been interesting to see what their brains are seeing.
We talked about ways our brains connect to the things around us: text to world, text to self, text to media, and text to text. The kids got a chance to brainstorm thing they already knew. They added it to their lint roller.
We then transferred our learning to make meaningful connections to the text. The kids have started making chains. Each link shows a spot in the text that they are reading that connects to one of the the categories we learned about. It has been interesting to see what their brains are seeing.