Venn+Diagram

**Venn Diagram **  **Rationale: ** I chose this strategy because I wanted my students to pick details out of a story and relate it to another activity we had done earlier in the year. I also wanted them to be able to compare similar things and contrast different things in order to realize how some things can be the same,different, or both. It shows me if the students understood what we had done in the past and understand what we are currently doing or reading.

**Course Implemented: ** The class consisted of three 2nd graders all of whom have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). We did this strategy during our guided reading time.

      **Diverse Learners:** I believe that all my students were reached with this activity because most of them need movement and visuals and that is what this strategy allowed them to do. All of them participated and made connections and generalizations to both stories. Since I have such a small group of students all of my students usually participate in some way or another. It was a little difficult for one of my students because of a processing delay and lack of vocabulary but she did a good job of making connections from previous text and discussions so that she could participate. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">Procedure: ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">**Potential Issues:** An issue is that students may not be able to relate to the topic and be able to compare and contrast the items. The students may not have the prior background knowledge so that will need to be discussed prior to being able to compare and contrast. Students may not understand the book so connections would be difficult without understanding.
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">Brainstormed what our "Rodeo At School" was like and what our previous story told us about rodeos and cowboys  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">Took a book walk through the new book “Rodeo Under the Sea” and looked at the pictures and discussed what might be different from our previous story and rodeo.
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">Students read the book and while reading were to make mental notes on what was different from our rodeo.
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">After reading we made the Venn Diagram on what was the same and what was different about the rodeos.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">**References:** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">Stephens, EC., & Brown, JE. (2005). //A handbook of content literacy strategies: 125 practical reading and writing ideas//. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.