tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post3675781698376855662..comments2023-10-18T03:45:33.020-04:00Comments on Musings from the Middle School: Practicing What You Pin: TextmappingMusings from the Middle Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-37117721932606050342021-04-23T18:15:14.971-04:002021-04-23T18:15:14.971-04:00Have you figured out a virtual way to do this? Have you figured out a virtual way to do this? KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810798191163116814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-64985399142354336562020-03-02T18:08:14.879-05:002020-03-02T18:08:14.879-05:00A picture book would be great! I've used short...A picture book would be great! I've used short stories, too. Gary Soto and Cynthia Rylant are two of my favs :)Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-27389792100986174542020-01-01T13:02:41.136-05:002020-01-01T13:02:41.136-05:00Do you have a fiction text that you recommend to m...Do you have a fiction text that you recommend to model? Would a picture book like a Patricia Polacco book be good? Our new LA series has students marking the text a lot, but most of the texts are not a complete book. They are excerpts. Suggestions?Cookseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155843231597153900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-75179206647830333542017-11-03T12:21:06.010-04:002017-11-03T12:21:06.010-04:00Josh, maybe you could have your students work in g...Josh, maybe you could have your students work in groups of 2-3, one looks at the beginning, another at the middle, a third at the end. They all mark for the same things. When they're done they can still see all the marks as a whole. I don't think I'd do this with every story, probably a few times near the start of a unit or to get students familiar with the concept. Eventually, I'd try to have them look for one concept within a standard story and note their findings in a notebook or on loose-leaf paper. I might have students return to the scrolls periodically if I want them to identify multiple aspects at the same time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809248154039710999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-27627977830651864732017-10-25T18:58:50.533-04:002017-10-25T18:58:50.533-04:00This may be a dumb question, but where do you get ...This may be a dumb question, but where do you get your scrolls from? Also, I have 2 sections of the reading classes like yours (struggling students with no IEPs), for a total of 28 students. Do you think this would be a massive waste of paper for me once the students are done? I mean, between the scrolls and 28 copies of a 2-4 page story, however many times per year, seems like too much waste. <br /><br />Or did I totally miss something? I'm sorry. It's been...a day. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223045478810227636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-34116298163671614942016-03-16T19:12:52.082-04:002016-03-16T19:12:52.082-04:00I love it!! Thanks so much for taking the time to ...I love it!! Thanks so much for taking the time to post :)Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-67451034229863604242016-03-13T11:02:22.410-04:002016-03-13T11:02:22.410-04:00Hi, Jenna,
I enjoy your blog and thought you migh...Hi, Jenna,<br /><br />I enjoy your blog and thought you might be interested in how this post inspired some robust discussion in my class. After reading your post, I visited Dave Middlebrook's site and paired the scroll idea with an interactive notebook page. I used the story, "A Man Who Had No Eyes." Students need to pay attention to the reader cues in this story or they will miss the point of the big reveal in the ironic twist at the end. Both the scroll and the interactive page gave students some concrete tools to use while developing their inferences around the story. I circulated among the groups, clarifying, asking questions, and recording student dialogue as a reference point for conferencing. It was very successful and student engagement was high!susannewmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09169696002039925111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-60889182600498809182015-10-23T09:55:29.907-04:002015-10-23T09:55:29.907-04:00Hi, Jenna. Thanks for reminding me about textmappi...Hi, Jenna. Thanks for reminding me about textmapping. I used it years and years ago, and hadn't thought of it for ages. I was using it with my small grade 4/5 class yesterday on the text "Diary of a Wombat" and the kids love it. So far we've marked places where the wombat's opinions would be different from the human's, another colour for the opposite, and circles and labels on the parts of the pictures that support those inferences. - RoseToronto teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201845639050029207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-69679901786315323382015-05-28T20:34:37.569-04:002015-05-28T20:34:37.569-04:00Hi Dave!! Thanks for reading and the new scrolls d...Hi Dave!! Thanks for reading and the new scrolls document! I'm such a fan of your website. Let me talk to my co-worker and I will get back to you!<br />~JennaMusings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-44377569408471773752015-05-28T11:58:02.042-04:002015-05-28T11:58:02.042-04:00make that dmiddlebrook@textmapping.org (auto corre...make that dmiddlebrook@textmapping.org (auto correct seems to think I need a "w" between the "b" and the "r". Go figure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510008867881023373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-20837705488436977572015-05-28T11:55:57.421-04:002015-05-28T11:55:57.421-04:00Would you please ask your colleague if I may use t...Would you please ask your colleague if I may use the two photographs above? I need photos on my site. These would be perfect. Reply here, or by email: dmiddlebwrook@textmapping.org Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510008867881023373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-15810822952149125852015-05-28T11:52:56.073-04:002015-05-28T11:52:56.073-04:00Hi Jenna. Thanks for this wonderful post about sc...Hi Jenna. Thanks for this wonderful post about scrolls and #textmapping. Here's a new doc about scrolls from my site: http://www.textmapping.org/whyUseScrolls.pdf Please share it with your colleagues -- and on the web. I am so glad to read a post from a New Jersey teacher! Nice to see my work is finding a home in my home state! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510008867881023373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-91182052936159605592015-01-09T08:49:48.229-05:002015-01-09T08:49:48.229-05:00Hi! Thanks so much for reading! I am on bloglovin&...Hi! Thanks so much for reading! I am on bloglovin' :) If you go my post on Sept. 26, 2014, you can find the link. Here is the link to the post:<br /><br />http://musingsfromthemiddleschool.blogspot.com/2014/09/follow-me-on-bloglovin.html<br /><br />I'm eager to start reading your blog, as well. I can never get enough middle school ELA :)Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-81493711744900416202015-01-09T08:49:23.781-05:002015-01-09T08:49:23.781-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Musings from the Middle Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293088234159473528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203585919575327008.post-81251924429237579162015-01-09T06:29:37.450-05:002015-01-09T06:29:37.450-05:00Hi! I found your blog through Teachers Pay Teache...Hi! I found your blog through Teachers Pay Teachers. I am a middle school ELA teacher too! I would follow you here but I cannot seem to find a way to do so...I usually use bloglovin' - it'd be great to see you there!<br /><br />-Lisa<br /><a href="http://mrsspanglerinthemiddle.blpogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Mrs. Spangler in the Middle</a>Mrs. Spangler in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137268748395471302noreply@blogger.com