Throughout the book, I kept them engage by changing my tones and making noise that goes along well with the story. After I read the story, I offered the students to tell each other what they like about one another. Extending the Text: To extend the story, I asked the students to read “The Ugly Duckling”. In contrast with the “I like Myself” book, the little duckling did not like herself because of what people were saying about her. Even though at the end the duckling became a beautiful swan.
For L.T. #2 I will have my students describe the main event in 2 ways using only one sentence that will retell that particular scene using the illustrations in one and use only their descriptions in the other. In L.T. #3 I will have 2 pictures of a setting and illustration in the book and the students will have to explain/ describe what is happening based on the picture. In L.T. #4 the students will describe what they think the main theme or message is of the story, the students must explain why they feel that
Discuss how your appreciation of your summer reading novel was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern. Memory affects the reading of literature because it helps you make connections and will assist in recognize patterns in the novel. Patterns, in turn, can reveal hidden meanings and truths in the text, for instance, if something is mentioned repeatedly through out the novel, that's a large clue that it is of extreme importance to completely comprehending the piece of literature. Symbols reveal to you what text
Today, in Literature for Children we go into our literature circles and talked about the book that our teacher gave us to read. My group ended up getting the book The Sign Of The Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. In this literature circle my role was the connector. I had to connect the story to my own past experiences, happenings at school or in the community, stories in the news, similar events at other times or places, other people or problems that you are reminded of or between this book and other writings. I picked to do the one that sounded the easiest to me, so I ended up doing my own past experiences.
This will help the students get an idea of what happened in the story and why did it happen. You could also teach cause and effect on this book as well. There are so many creative lesson plans that you can do with this book, but the ones that I have discussed are the ones that I think would work best with this
The article, What Kids Are Reading' Report Details Vocabulary Exposure, is a great read about students, over several grade levels, and a study over the fact that reading time increases their vocabulary. The study is measured by several categories which include the amount of time spent reading, nonfiction reading and even complex reading. The article states that the amount of time that is instructed to each student, in return, is not meeting the career standards for reading readiness that should be met (Decarr, 2015). It goes on to state that “the amount of time children spend reading is an important indicator of how much vocabulary they will acquire” (Decarr, 2015).
With the difficult task of getting these kids to read, Ms. Gruwell must assign them certain books to read. These books all relate to the kids in one way or another, which makes the kids actually want to read them. There are also some very common themes that are displayed throughout each book they read, which also ties into their lives. Some of the books that Ms. Gruwell assigned were Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo.
J. R.R. Tolkien once stated, “ “Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know” which acknowledged the effect folklore has on cultures. In society it appears as if people hold on to their past and have trouble letting go of what was. They choose to remember the past instead of moving on to the future. The same can be said of a culture's view on folklore.
Dear school board. I am currently concerned about the new state-mandated, textbook- based curriculum for kindergarten. In this letter I will explain why I believe the use of the textbook-based curriculum may be inappropriate. I will give reasons for the potential negative effects of the textbook-based curriculum and how it can be developmentally inappropriate to literacy development. I will then suggest an alternative approach to developing literacy skills.
Ms. Caroline’s method of teaching represents teachers’ ways of teaching all over back then. Her reactions and tone towards the children reflect on her and the kids’ internal conflicts. Times now are different, because there are laws that have been made. Times do change, as shown well in the story, because as we grow we learn. The theme is education and children because the story is centered around Scout as a young child in the beginning, and shows her conflicts in school.
Through my nine years at ESK I have had many experiences that i most likely wouldn't have had if i had gone to any other school. One of these experiences was book buddies. Book Buddies provided an opportunity for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to read with the younger kids and create a bond with children that are younger than you. In this letter I will be discussing how the 8th grade students interacting with the younger students at ESK can not only help the younger kids it may help us as well. Kids in grades JK-5th are learning many things such as math, science, and literature, but another tremendous thing that they are learning in school is social skills.
In Chapter 3, the author explained mainly why it is important for selecting books for children. The author also showed the reader on tips for selecting the appropriate books for children. This chapter was informational as it did talk a lot about selecting the right books, it also talked about and explained more in detail about what to look for while reading books. I liked how it gave detailed paragraphs about the plot, setting, conflicts of characters, the theme and even the point of view. I think all of these topics within this chapter is important for adults and children.
teven Pearlstein published "Meet the parents who wouldn’t let their children study literature" on September 2, 2016. His article is based on his experience of learning how most students do not study literature and why they don’t study it. What Steven learned was far from what he had though when he first walked into the honors college class to teach. He figured most of the students would have taken some kind of liberal arts class but only one out of the twenty four students had takes a course of that matter.
A good method that I have learned from my reading which would be a good strategy to engage my students in reading in the off course subject in comparison of mathematics is study guides. I have always found study guides to be helpful when I was in school, and I think it will be helpful for my students as well. I like how the information that is asked of them will be streamlined for easier access and study. They will know exactly what they need to know for an upcoming quiz or test. But that is just one form of use for the study guide.
Picture books are freely explained books in which the story meaning is contributed with illustrations and words as these are the integral part of the picture books and assist the reader to identify the plot or character concept information and also clues related to the mood in which the story is conceptualize. Picture books are mostly covering a wide range of topics and follow the same pattern of the basic introduction and most of the times, several categories are covered (Dils, 2004). As the name indicates, picture books have pictures on every page and the helping hand to tell about the story is performed by the illustrations that set the mood and describe the character setting of the story. This purposeful medium of picture books provides the reader a visual affect and helps in understanding the story in less words and meanings.
