One caution: SMART is keyed to reading texts to build knowledge. Reading texts for pleasure or for cultural, religious, or aesthetic purposes I think involves a substantively different pedagogical conceptual framework. It might be productive to work with a group of teachers on a framework for teaching cognitive strategies to deepen experiences with aesthetic or cultural texts.
One caution: SMART is keyed to reading texts to build knowledge. Reading texts for pleasure or for cultural, religious, or aesthetic purposes I think involves a substantively different pedagogical conceptual framework. It might be productive to work with a group of teachers on a framework for teaching cognitive strategies to deepen experiences with aesthetic or cultural texts.
Thanks Terry, very generous of you to share this reading/thinking routine. I might try it during a future faculty meeting or PD session!