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Understanding Literacy Circles: Enhancing Student Discussion and Engagement

Literacy Circles are small groups of three to six students who read the same text and engage in structured discussions using assigned roles. Each student receives a role sheet detailing specific discussion strategies that encourage participation and accountability, such as Facilitator, Bridge Builder, Word Detective, Visualizations, Quotable Quotes, and Seed Maker. These roles help create a collaborative learning environment, fostering independence, and enhancing comprehension through varied interaction methods. Students prepare and fulfill their roles, leading to rich discussions and personal connections to the text.

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Understanding Literacy Circles: Enhancing Student Discussion and Engagement

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  1. What are Literacy Circles? • Three to six students, station • Reading the same text • Before reading each student receives a role sheet that describes the specific discussion strategy to be used for that session.

  2. Literacy Circles • Each student has and is responsible for a specific role • Combine a variety of strategies within a group discussion. • Provide more opportunities for students to talk, creating independence • Enforces accountability –contracts

  3. Literacy Circles Components • Students come prepared to fulfill their roles as described in their role sheets. • Facilitator • Bridge Builder • Word Detective • Visualizations (Picture Maker) • Quotable quotations • Seed Maker

  4. Facilitator • Develop questions that will lead to group discussion • This allows for clarification and feelings to be expressed. Examples: What do you think is going to happen next? What have you learned about the characters?

  5. Bridge Builder • Finds connections between the reading and the world. (Families, friends, community, news) Examples: • Text to text • Text to self • Text to world

  6. Word Detective • Find important words for the group to learn using sticky notes. • Discuss with group the meaning of the word • Write down meaning found in context • Add additional information from dictionary

  7. Visualizations • Picture Maker • Sketch, painting, cartoon, diagram • May add words • Discuss picture with group

  8. Quotable Quotes • Find quotes to read to the group out loud using sticky notes. • Read the selection • Explain why it was selected

  9. Seed Maker • Seeds are your own comments and questions that come to mind as you read. • Present one seed at a time and have all students comment before seed maker comments. Examples: Predictions Confusing sections in the text

  10. Group Self-Assessment • Provides direct support for improving discussions • Allows for accountability • Forms of Assessment • Reflective journal entries • Tape recording • Checklists

  11. Break into Literacy Circles

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