An interactive read aloud is one way teachers can model and explicitly teach metacognitive and problem solving skills. You can use a read-aloud to show students how to consider and connect to prior knowledge, to hypothesize, to question, to reread, and to reflect when reading on their own. We as teachers should be thinking aloud as we read aloud. We should be aware of our thought processes as we read, so we can model and explain them to our students.
Teachers can also model problem solving skills in an interactive read aloud. Whenever conflict comes up in the story, the teacher could pause and ask the students to consider possible solutions. Teachers should also take this time to encourage their students to be creative and brainstorm about a new solutions to the problems in the story.
I like how the teacher in this video tells her students to keep things in their "think bubbles" as they read the story. She is helping them learn how to use metacognition in kid friendly terms.
I actually discussed metacognitive skills as they relate to reading in my post as well! I also focused on a Read-Aloud Lesson! Like you, I feel that Read-Alouds are great ways to help students develop their metacognitive skills. When conducting Read-Alouds, the teacher verbalizes her comprehension strategies. Students can learn to implement comprehension strategies in their own reading through this modeling! In subjects other than reading, Think-Alouds can also help students develop problem solving and metacognitive skills!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Unfortunately, the video wouldn't load on my computer. I'm sure it was really interesting though!