Strategies for
Reading Comprehension
What Is a Three-Minute Pause?
At a wonderful workshop on the
backwards design planning process (as suggested by Ralph Tyler and further
developed by Grant Wiggins), Jay McTighe incorporated a Three-Minute Pause
as a break in large sections of content. The Three-Minute Pause provides a
chance for students to stop, reflect on the concepts and ideas that have just
been introduced, make connections to prior knowledge or experience, and seek
clarification.
How Does It Work?
1) Summarize Key Ideas Thus Far. The teacher
instructs students to get into groups (anywhere from three to five students,
usually). Give them a total of three minutes for the ENTIRE process. First,
they should focus in on the key points of the lesson up to this point. It's a
way for them to stop to see if they are getting the main ideas.
2) Add Your Own Thoughts. Next, the students
should consider prior knowledge connections they can make to the new
information. Suggested questions: What connections can be made? What does this
remind you of? What would round out your understanding of this? What can you
add?
3)
Pose Clarifying Questions. Are there things that are still not clear? Are there
confusing parts? Are you having trouble making connections? Can you anticipate
where we're headed? Can you probe for deeper insights?
Why Should I Take the Time for a
3-Minute Pause?
It depends on how much
"stuff" you want students to be thinking about before they get a
chance to process the new information. If you don't want to have to keep
reteaching information, then you should give your students time to think about,
make sense of, organize, and reflect on their learning. The Three-Minute Pause
is a perfect bridge, a chance for students to consolidate and clarify their
emerging understanding, before you move on to teach more new ideas or concepts.
It's simple, straightforward, productive, efficient, and instantly useful.
The Three-Minute Pause has been around
for a while, and it's taken a lot of different forms. This version of it I wish
to credit to Jay McTighe. He is the co-author, with Grant Wiggins, of the
well-regarded Understanding By Design, published by the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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