“I thought about the magic that happens when you tell a story right, and everybody who hears it not only loves the story, but they love you a little bit, too, for telling it so well. Like I love Ms. Washington, in spite of myself, the first time I heard her. When you hear somebody read a story well, you can't help but think there's some good inside them, even if you don't know them.”
-Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan
One of the best things you can do if you find yourself with extra time is read aloud to the class! (No matter what age!)
Scholastic Book Wizard- to find that "just right" read aloud!
Buncombe County approved reading lists
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (3rd-8th)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1st chapter) (4th-12th)
Diary of a Worm (Spider, etc.) (K-12)
Naked Mole Rat (K-5)
Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (4th-12th)
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen (just about ANY single chapter is great!) (4th-12th)
Awesome Read Alouds
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1. I LOVE this....love reading stories to my 7 yr old!!!
2. Keeps his attention really good when you are reading.
3. sharing a story and appreciation the moral is linking a situation to a child you may touch in a way no one ever has.
questions:
Whats your favorite stories you liked as a child?
How long should a book story be?
My "ah-ha" moment:
I love all books....we can use the library as a good resource as finding a book too!
Angela Broadhead
Yes! My favorite books as a child were:
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Anything Dr.Seuss
Patricia Polacco was one of my favorite authors
A book can be something you read in 10 minutes start to finish or it can be a chapter book that you read just one chapter to get them hooked then never pick it up again, or if you are in the same classroom multiple days, read a chapter a day. As long as the story sparks an emotion of some kind it is a good read aloud. :)
Awesome Read Alouds
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Reading at any age
When reading aloud it allows the kids to "hear" the word as well as "see" the word. For myself I never knew that is was "wrought iron", thought it was "rod iron".
Animating a story brings it alive for the kids.
With most children's books, does it give an age range?
How would I know if the book would be suitable?
My aha -
My own favorite kid's book that was lost and took me almost five years to replace. "The Whiskers of Ho Ho".
There are several sites you can use to find out the age range. One is Scholastic Book Wizard. Very helpful! (The Whiskers of Ho Ho sounds lovely!)
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ReplyDelete1. I love reading to any age of children I totally agree.
2... I think reading could be a great transitional period for the children to hear a calm voice, get focused again and just relax for a moment.
3) I think sometimes we forget as adults that children also get "stressed out" this maybe a good way of letting them relax.
AHA moment... I remembered my 1st grade teacher helping me with my reading (catch up as I did not go to Kindergarten. I read the most books in the first grade!!! 152
Questions:
Due you have any local resources to get free books to put in our Sub Packs?
Julie Gordon
What a great AHA moment! The best way to get books is to visit the flea market, yard sales, Goodwill, library book sales... Very cheap and you can find great books!
ReplyDeleteI agree that sometimes students of all ages love be read aloud to. My personal favorites as a kid I think were Amelia Bedelia and the Magic School Bus, but it's hard to really recall, especially since personally I preferred to sit and read alone in silence to connect more personally to the book.
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What if I, the sub, am not comfortable reading out loud? I tend to trip up easily sometimes and get really self-conscious and uncomfortable. I mean, I could probably handle reading to little kids, but middle/high school? I dunno.
Also, (this probably only pertains to high school) but what about having the entire class read? For example, when we read plays in high school (and college) English, it seemed to be popular and fun to have students pick a part and orate or play out the dialogue.
My aha moment ties into this: I hated reading something aloud in class, but during Macbeth in 12th grade English (I hated Shakespeare until this by the way) I was asked to be Macduff and loved it so much I was Macduff for the entire class reading of the play. I'll never forget getting to act out the climax scene in class, complete with foam swords.
I understand completely your feelings on reading aloud to older students, the last thing you want to do is lose confidence because of something like that so it is definitely not something you HAVE to do. I love your idea of having the entire class read and act things out. They love that kind of thing!
ReplyDeleteI have always enjoyed reading aloud to children, especially getting into the voices and emotions. Some great options are listed here. I liked the "Diaries of....". I am sure you have to be very careful which books you pick with the older students. High schoolers, I can see as a tougher audience. My a-ha moments in the blog are " I am old!". So many of the teaching strategies we are discussing were not used or ignored when I was in school. In my primary years, my teachers were all nearing retirement so their methods were dated. High school French class was when I finally experienced fun in the classroom, also straight A's for 3 years in her class.
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