#InstructionalMomentMonday aims to recognize great instructional moments in Ohio County Schools and provide feedback on how to keep the instruction going at home!
Mrs. Wise is a 6th and 8th grade ELA teacher at Wheeling Middle School. Her classroom is warm and she is incredibly approachable. She easily relates to students and students clearly show respect and excitement in her classroom. “She’s so organized, and she always has good things planned,” a student states, “She’s also a good coach.”
For this specific instructional moment, Mrs. Wise focused on text structures. Understanding the structure of a text is important for readers as they develop their skills. Identifying if the text is cause and effect or problem and solution can help a reader strengthen their abilities. Every week, Mrs. Wise has her students utilize a weekly reading. Focusing on non-fiction texts and breaking them apart, students have a daily task incorporating vocabulary, reading, analysis, and a skill review.
Students practice pulling evidence to support their answers and elaborating on their thoughts. Wise also encourages them to relate the reading to their own lives, asking them how the text applies to themselves or to the world around them. During class, a student hesitated before answering. Mrs. Wise said with a smile, “Don’t second guess yourself. You were absolutely right.”
Thank you Mrs. Wise for your encouragement and dedication. Wheeling Middle School and Ohio County Schools are lucky to have you!
How can you help with text structures at home? Have your child regularly skim non-fiction texts. This can be as simple as a recipe or short news article! Ask them about the structure of what they read. Why is the title important? Why are their bullet points? What does the article suggest? Ohio County Schools also has access to IXL, a great program that reviews a variety of WV standards broken down by grade level and skill. This is available on all OCS Chromebooks.
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