Reading Annotations

The reflections below were written entirely by the Grade 4s!

What are reading annotations and why do we do them?

"Reading annotations are little squiggles or pictures that can be used to describe what that thing is for example,  * this is what you put in front of a sentence if you think it’s important and x is what you put in front of a sentence if you don’t understand it or you are confused. the infinity sign is if you have a connection the thing you are reading and if you circle the word that means that that is a word you don’t understand or a word you don’t know and finally the ? is if you have a question" - Greta

"A reading annotation is symbols that help you read a paragraph." - HR

"A reading annotation is a symbol that helps you with your comprehension skills" - Zoya

"A reading annotation is a symbol or mark showing what we read and kind of making notes that are drawings on the paper that can help you remember it or help someone else know what you are thinking" - Yulia

"We annotate because if you have a question then you can put a question mark and ask somebody later about it." - Eshan

Why would we share our reading annotations with someone else?

"We would share our annotations because then we can see each other’s annotations and we can learn from other students." - Zoya

"We share the annotations with our partners because we can agree/disagree about what we chose. It helps us understand what we all found out. What we choose to write down, what we thought was interesting. It was awesome that we were able to tell what we thought was important." - Henry

"So we can get knowledge from other peoples perspective." - TVK

"Maybe someone else has a different opinion 🤔." - Olivia

What did we like about reading annotations?

"I enjoy that the annotation helps you learn." - Derek

"I enjoy annotating Because it is fun." - YD

"I enjoyed about annotating that I can learn loads of new stuff" - Eshan

"I also enjoyed it because I didn’t know what they were annotations are cool.I like the annotation symbols they are funny and cool." - MJ