Action Step of the Week: Stop and Jot

Everybody writes during reading to foster comprehension skills

Action Step of the Week

Every time you use a shared text with the class, stop and jot using aligned questions every few paragraphs or pages:

1. Write or select an aligned question

2. Find a stopping point in the text for the students to answer the question

3. Have them write in a given location (i.e. annotate in the margins, note catcher, Canvas, Cornell notes, post…