Metacognition

This week we worked on metacognition, or thinking about our thinking. We learned that good readers are thinking and making connections as they read. After demonstrating the thoughts that go through a good readers head during our read aloud, it was then time for some brave volunteers to give it a try. Below are students reading a book about arctic animals while their partner holds up a thought bubble and shares their thinking with the class. They had to start their sentences with "I wonder", "I notice", or "I predict". They did such a great job and those that were listening were quite the captive audience!