Your Job Is to Make Sure Everyone

Circle Supervisor/Director

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job is to make sure everyone: . Gets started in one minute . Is reading or following along . Is cooperating with the group . Is discussing quietly and politely

Ways to speak to others: . “Excuse me…” . “I’d like to add…” . “I disagree because…” . “I agree because…” . “I don’t understand…” . “I’m confused about…” . “According to page…”

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 I got my group started in one minute. 1 2 3 4 5 I made sure all were following along. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 I made sure we discussed politely. 1 2 3 4 5 Summarizer

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. The other members of your group are counting on you to give a quick (1-2- minute) statement that conveys the gist, the key points, or the highlights of today’s reading.

Summary: ______

Key Points: 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 I kept my summary brief. 1 2 3 4 5 I recorded the key points. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Director

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______Your job is to: . Develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about this part of the text. . Use questions from your own ideas and insights in the readings or the questions below.

Possible discussion questions or topics for today: 1. ______2. ______3. ______

Sample Questions: . What was going through your mind while you read the text? . What questions did you have when you finished this section? . What are the one or two most important ideas? . Predict some things that you think will happen next in the text. . Why do you think… ?What would you do if…? What might have happened if…? How you do think…? . How does this relate to what we’ve been studying in…?

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 My questions led the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 I allowed group members to speak. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Visual Viewer

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job is to: . On the back of this paper, draw some sort of picture related to the reading. . It can be a sketch, a cartoon, diagram, flow chart, or stick figure scene. . It can be a picture of something discussed specifically in the book, something that the reading reminded you of, or a picture that conveys any idea or feeling you get from the reading. . Your drawing can be labeled.

Presentation Plan: . Show your picture without comment to the others in your group. . One at a time, they can share what they think your picture means. . After everyone has had a say, you get the last word. Tell them what your picture means, where it came from, or what it represents to you.

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 My drawing stimulated the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 I asked other members to comment. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Word Wizard

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job: . Find especially important words in today’s reading that are puzzling or unfamiliar. . Mark the words while you are reading with post-it notes. . Later jot down their definitions, either from a dictionary or some other source. . Familiar words may be chosen because they are repeated a lot, used in an unusual way, or key to the meaning of the text. . Help members of the group find and discuss these words.

Page # & Paragraph Word Definition ______

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 My words were important to the reading. 1 2 3 4 5 My definitions were clear. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Bridge Builder

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job: . Find connections between the reading and o the world outside o your own life, happenings in your school or community, similar events at other times and places, or to other people or problems you are reminded of o other books, poems, or songs on the same topic or by the same author

Some connections I found between this text and the world, myself, and other texts… 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 I made several connections. 1 2 3 4 5 I shared and explained my choices. 1 2 3 4 5 I asked other members to comment. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Inventor

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job: o Create a non-fiction text feature that the author did not include. . Diagram . Glossary . Picture and caption . Map . Others

Rate your participation: I read the required pages. 1 2 3 4 5 I created a text feature. 1 2 3 4 5 I shared and explained my choices. 1 2 3 4 5 I asked other members to comment. 1 2 3 4 5 I participated in the discussion. 1 2 3 4 5 Mapper

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job: o Create a graphic organizer to share important information from the text. . Venn Diagram . Brainstorm Web . Timeline . Sequence Chart . Others

Name______Group______Assignment p._____ to p. ______Date ______

Your job: o List three facts you discovered during reading. o Share how these facts affect the topic. . You may also write two facts and a lie to see if the other students can figure out the lie.

1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______