Reading Comprehension: Headlines Routine

On Tuesday Sia read the story ‘The funny old man and the funny old woman’ by Martha Barber and illustrated by Gillian Campbell. 

The children were asked to capture the essence of the book in a headline. The Neighbourhood first discussed, 'What is a headline?'

Children worked in pairs to write a headline. The children wrote some amazing headlines. This thinking routine involves some high level thinking and all the teachers were amazed with what the children wrote. Below are just a few examples of what the children came up with, if you would like to read them all please come and take a look. The display is near the Junior School Library.  

This routine helps children capture the core or heart of the matter being studied or discussed. It also can involve them in summing things up and coming to some tentative conclusions.’ - Visible Thinking @Harvard Project Zero