Pausing Kung Fu Punctuation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ9hRgE0e0) Thoughtful readers recognise the different types of punctuation while reading. This is because you need to pause for different types of punctuation helping you be more fluent. Mini Lesson: Students will be introduced to Kung Fu Punctuation. Why do they think it will help with their reading? Why is punctuation important when you read? Class will read a text together incorporating all of the moves of Kung Fu Punctuation. They will discuss the accents of the punctuation so they can understand the power or flow of the punctuation. This will then become an anchor chart which will be used throughout the duration of the unit. Application: Students use their own guided/reciprocal reading texts. They note the punctuation that is being used. Practise reading with a partner using Kung Fu Punctuation sounds. They record themselves reading a text and critique themselves using the rubric. Success Criteria: Students are able to identify various types of punctuation and understand that the length of pausing differs between various punctuation. Short breath at commas, full stop with voice going down using Kung Fu Punctuation Thoughful readers take short pauses during commas and take longer pauses at full stops, this is because it helps students to understand what they are reading. Mini Lesson: Students discuss the differences between a comma and a full stop. They will articulate what they are thinking when they come to these types of punctuation and define when these types of punctuation are used. They will use Kung Fu Punctuation during a shared reading. Explicit teaching and understanding that a comma is a short breath, while a full stop is a longer pause and that your voice finishes on a down. Application: Students will use ‘Show me’ and record each other for a minute of reading. They will provide peer feedback to each other with a focus on the learning intention. They will re read following peer feedback and see if their pausing at commas and full stops have improved. Success Criteria: Students will be able to articulate where they are on the rubric, how they are going and where they are going highlighting the areas they need to improve on. Videos to uploaded to YouTube Private and placed in their Prezi Username: cripps.luke.l@edumail.vic.gov.au Password: Horsell1! Exclamation and Question Marks Thoughtful readers understand the difference between how exclamation and question marks are read. This is because it helps the reader read more fluently and gain a better understanding of the text. Mini Lesson: The difference between dog! and dog? Miss Rosie! and Miss Rosie? Students discuss how their voice changes because of the punctuation. Students practise using different words and phrases and notice the difference between the two. Shared reading of text on IWB which has a focus on question marks and exclamation marks. Re visit Kung Fu Punctuation. Application: Students will read a dialogue in pairs and will focus on pausing especially at commas, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks based on their Fountas and Pinnell ability. They will record and peer assess each other. Using the rubric and feedback tool - they will focus on how well they are doing. Success Criteria: In their books students will re cap the things they have learnt this week in pausing and why it is crucial to reading. Integration of all punctuation Thoughtful readers pause to reflect punctuation and add meaning to the text. This is so you can become a more fluent reader. Mini Lesson: Modelled reading with a focus on all of the punctuation. They will rate the teacher out of 5 using the anchor chart that was created. They will then see how it relates back to the created rubric. Students will have a chance to practice their pausing at punctuation before their post assessment. Application: Record their video based on their iRead text. They will listen back and assess themselves using the fluency rubric. Success Criteria: Students will add their final pausing video to Prezi and will write down what pausing is and how it makes their reading more fluent and give more meaning.