Glove+Strategy


 * Glove Strategy **

**Rationale:** I used this strategy because I wanted my students to be able to participate in groups and to be able to discuss key aspects of the book. Using this strategy assists individual students and the class as whole regarding comprehension of the book. The glove has the students answer questions such as: characters, setting, problem, solution, and favorite part.

**Courses Implemented:** This strategy was used in a 1st and 2nd grade special education classroom that consists of 5 students ranging in reading ability levels from middle first grade to middle second grade.  Most learners do well with this activity because they get to interact with their peers and the glove provides them a visual to follow and hold on to. The kinesthetic learners do extremely well with this activity because they get to move around and interact with others in the classroom and do not have to be sitting in their seat doing pencil and paper work. For the tactile learners they have something they can hold on to and touch while answering questions and engaging in the activity. The visual learners get to see and use the glove to help answer the questions. At the beginning of the year the strategy may be a bit more difficult because the students aren't used to working in groups or answering these types of questions about the book. As the year goes on they become more confident and use the strategy to help them learn. They like the idea of getting to interact with their peers and answer questions.
 * Diverse Learners:**

**Procedure:**
 * Glove is made at the beginning of the year and used throughout the year*
 * I will introduce the book that the students are going to read as their guided reading book.
 * The students will read the book while I watch intently and assist as needed.
 * After reading I will put the students into groups to do the glove strategy.
 * Students will answer the questions and discuss the book in their group.
 * After they are done we will come back as a class and discuss what we found out about the book and talk about how our groups worked and how we can improve the groups for next time.

**Potential Issues:** Potential Issues may be that the students do not work well in groups or the group that they are in that day might not be the best grouping of students. Students may only let one or two people do the work which is unfair and not teaching them anything about the book or how to work in groups.

**References:** This strategy is a collaborative teaching strategy that is used throughout my school and I used it during my undergraduate courses.