April+30,+2010

__Math-to-Math connections/sharing__ owls using share compare and contrast with math activities at the end of math workshop, math sharing was new and unfamiliar so made it more difficult, math lessons that incorporate sharing need to be more intentional __Mental files, using schema__ teacher labels file folders for them, files within files, visualizing the files using a concrete file as an example Text-to-World connections children have a hard time connecting to the bigger world/picture and usually revert back to Text-to-Self difficult for primary aged students to get the bigger picture ideas (world)
 * Whole Group Share**

**Abbreviated Connect-Extend-Challenge** Thinking about adult readers- what books we like… ones with imagery and descriptive language that we as adult can picture, read and enjoy (Hyde) Acting out story problems Reading books w/o pictures first to create their own images beforef they see they ones provided for them Using all 5 senses to visualize, what would you smell, hear, touch, see and taste (hypothetically) K-W-C (conditions) Making personal connections __Next Steps__ Reading books w/o pictures (entire book vs. one page at a time) Revisiting representations of visualizations Finding a text that will provide for this skill Drawing what you hear (music) Acting out math problems