Are you looking for MORE interactive activities sluents can do while they're reading? If so, Hot Spots dre For you These dre two of my FAVORITE activities to do during guided redding so they are feacher—tesfed and kid—dpproved! @ Hot spots: selif-Monitor tHeiR READING I First, fake an ordinary index card, IF you have decess to fhorescent ones — vse WW thosell Next, simply ovt strips of post-it nates or plck up d pack that are already ext = Into strips (once dgain, the brightly colored ones wil go with the whole “Hot Spot? ta theme). Write HOT SPOTS on the index card and stick S of the post-it strips to tt i Gixe edch child a Hot Spot card when they are redding, A\s they come to someting Bi that doesn’t make sense, have them put d Hot Spot on that page dnd contive reading. iw As they redd on, the par't they initidly wisunderstood might now make sense! If this iw happens, have them go back fo that Hot Spot, reread the text For meaning, Take of F iw the post-t, an put th back on the index catrd, If d child has vsed many of the Hot mm Spots vpon Finishing the text this world glve. you the opportunity to re—tedch rereading Ml wg for Meaning, asking “Does that make sense”, and comprehension strateges, 7 BEB ERR eeeBERR RRR ERR RRR Reese HOt spots: Questioning stratecy Once dgdin, take an index card dnd write HOT SPOT ANSWERS on it. Use tne same post-it strips From the previous idea, Next, write numbers one through Five on the Front, non—sticky end of the postHt strip dnd attach them to the index caret Write S questions bout the story on 4 white bodrd and place itn the middle of your guided reading fable, The shdents wil redd the text dnd, ds they come fo an answer, ‘they should pléce the corresponding numbered post—tt fo that pages BERBER ERE ERRBSS! EB ee ve When done, go over the questions. Since many of these wil be ‘rightt-there” questions use this discussion time fo make fext fo text, self, and world connections. Management Tips: skeep both of the cards in one envelop and have the Klis take ovt the card For the Skil theyll be working on that day. AF you're going to use the Hot Spot Gvestioning cards Frequently, 3M makes swadler lags like the abs used on the Smart Reader cards, These wil ast longer than the postt strips (they look like strips of Tape with a colored flag on the end). These are d PERFECT project for parent helpers fo make, especially those who can't come into the classroom bt stil want fo help, Have them put the cards together, and put them in envelopes (they can even decorate the envelopes!) De