Before you begin reading. . .

Once you have e-mailed your selected reading to Quinton Freeman, he will send you an invitation to be an author of this blog.  Once accepted, create a blog post that includes the title of your selection, your name, and a picture of the book's cover.  This is where you will record all pre-. during, and post- reading activities.  The activities will be designed in such a way that pre-reading activities should happen before reading and during reading activities should happen. . .

All "During Reading" activities are per chapter.  So, please be sure to skim them before beginning to read.

(Note:  Please be sure that you are logged into your school Google account as you post.)

Before Reading Activities

1.  Please read the post "What Should We Be Doing?"  This post will help to explain why doing things together like this book study is so important.

2.  What are three things you know to be important to teaching and learning?  Why are they important?  How do you ensure that your students experience them?

A possible stem:

Every learning experience must include ______ at some point because _______.  Because I believe this to be true I ____________.

3.  Make a prediction regarding what you hope to learn from reading and interacting with your book of choice.

Some possible stems to choose from:

I hope to learn more about __________________.

Based on what I have heard and/or read about this book, I expect to  learn ________________.


Action Steps:
1.  E-mail your book choice to Quinton Freeman
2.  Create your a post with a title that includes your book of choice's title, the book's author, and your          name.
3.  Read the post "What Should We Be Doing?"
4.  List your three must haves. . .be sure to include why they are important and how you make sure that
     learners experience them.
5.  Predict what you hope to learn as you read and interact with your book.
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If you would like, please feel free to live tweet your reading to the hashtag #raidersshare.

Now you can begin reading your book of choice and complete the "During Reading" activities as you read.