Here are some of the interactive read alouds that we have been working on and discussing at school. We are practicing questioning the text, setting, character traits, as well as getting evidence from the text. We had a lesson about being great readers that questions books we read before, during, and after the reading. I modeled this lesson to the students. They were also able to try it out by sharing their questions as a whole group, peer talk and writing it down in their Reader's Journal (Kinders). The kindergarteners practice these skills during independent reading as well. They are able to write about their reading.
The students are also enjoying our discussions on some of the vocabulary words we encountered within the reading. They are trying to use the words in the classroom when they are having conversations with their peers. The kindergarteners kept gapping after we defined the word "gaped" from the book, The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill. This book gave us several rich conversations about the characters Mean Jean and Katie Sue. We talk about how Mean Jean acted in the story and how she changed her attitude when Katie Sue decided to be nice to her even though Jean was being bossy and a bully. We not only practiced different reading strategies; but we also talked about being respectful and nice to our peers.
My Pre-K students enjoyed the chant ("nice words") Katie Sue used in the story. Maybe they'll chant along with you if you knew the words. Here's one of the chants below:
"I like ice cream,
I like tea,
I want Jean to jump with me."
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