I'm+Curious

**I'm Curious **  I chose this activity because I wanted my students to think about what they want to know about the given topic and what they are thinking about before we start the particular topic.
 * Rationale:**

**Courses Implemented:** This strategy has been implemented in a first and second grade special education reading classroom. There are 5 students who have been introduced to this strategy.

**Diverse Learners:** The visual learners were engaged right away because they were shown pictures of the animals which gave them something to look at and visualize what a poisonous animal may look like. The students were also able to move around while writing and thinking to try and ignite the brain to think about the topic at hand.

**Procedure:**
 * I told the students that we were going to be learning about different types of poisonous animals in the world and showed them some pictures of poisonous animals.
 * I told them to think about what animals they know that are poisonous and make a small list in about 3 minutes
 * I told them to think about what they are curious about related to poisonous animals.
 * After about 3 minutes of thinking I had them write down 3 different things what they were curious about.
 * I had the students read what they were curious about. This is how we started our unit on poisonous animals.

**Potential Issues:** Some issues that may arise could be that students do not have any background knowledge on these types of animals so it may be difficult to engage them or have them think of things they are curious about. Some students may not like the activity because they may not like those types of animals or they might have had a bad experience with one.

**References:**

Stephens, EC., & Brown, JE. (2005). //A handbook of content literacy strategies: 125 practical reading and writing ideas//. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.