DTRA is something that allows the student to stop at different points in the text and have questions to answer such as what do you think is going to happen based on the title. This will help figure out what we as teachers would need to have in the lesson.
GMA- This is something that could help the students comprehend what they have just read. It gives the beginning middle and end. It also allows the students to see the information such as the title and the authors and the main characters. It makes them think about it better.
For math I could use the DTRA as an opener. When starting a new topic such as fractions I could say something such as what do you know about fractions and things like that. I do not remember having to read a math book in school the teacher just went over the things in class but if they did read a math book it would allow me to ask questions about the text so I know that they have read and understand.
Not so sure as to how to use the GMA for math but maybe when cause and effect is being taught it could be used for them to show me what happens in each step.
I like that it has them making predictions because that is always a fun way for students to go back and see what happened throughout the story to make their predictions right or wrong. I don't remember a math textbook either! I also do not think they have them today. At the school I work at they have math workbooks but that's it.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember doing a lot of reading in math. We are gonna have to work together on way to add strategies to our lessons.
ReplyDeleteMapping is perfect to check comprehension in math. The students map out each step in the process. Where they can't go on is where you can step in and help. Where the process is wrong in their map, you can step in and help. Win win!
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't been responding lately. I think the DRTA strategy is very helpful to get students to slow down and comprehend what they are reading as well as start thinking critically about what they are reading. These strategies are hard for us soon-to-be math teachers to use because math teachers don't typically use books with long passages in them.
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