Literacy
Children have varied opportunities to:
Be read to in an engaging manner in group or individualized settings at least twice a day in full day programs and once a day in half day programs.
Here is a picture where the teacher read to her students in a whole group setting. In our half day schedule we have whole group reading 10:00-10:15.
Be read to regularly in individualized ways including 1:1 or small groups of 2 to 6 children. Below is a picture where the teacher read to a small group of students focusing on the color purple.
Explore books on their own and have places that are conductive to the quiet enjoyment of books
Have access to various types of books including storybooks, factual books, books with rhymes, alphabet books and wordless books
Here is a snapshot of a variety of new books that we received with our last book order. We have number books, alphabet books, books about feelings, fictional stories and non-fiction literature.
Here students are reenacting a sequence of the story using the manipulatives on this posterboard.
Here students are listening to a story that is read to them using the technology that is available to them in our classroom.
Be read the same book on repeated occasions.
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Retell and reenact events in storybooks.
Here is a picture of our students reenacting the story of The Gingerbread Man with puppets, after reading the story.
Engage in conversations that help them understand the content of the book
Book: The Fox and the Falling Leaves
Author: Julia Rawlinson
Discussion Questions:
Looking at the cover, what do you think this story is going to be about?
Let's look at this picture. What time of year do you think it is? Why do you think so?
It says that Fletcher came out of his den. What is a den? Do you know of any other animals that live in a den?
Fletcher told his mom that he was worried about the tree getting sick, because the leaves were turning brown. His mother told him not to worry that it was only autumn. What did she mean? What is happening to the tree? Is it really sick?
How does Fletcher show that he cares about the tree?
The following is part of a dialogue exchange is between myself and one other student with the above discussion questions given to him. T=Teacher S=Student
T=Looking at the cover, what do you think this story is going to be about?
S= A fox.
T= What else?
S=The leaves are falling. He standing on a wood.
T=What time of year do you think it is?
S=Fall.
T= How do you know?
S= 'Cuz the leaves are falling.
T=Fletcher told his mother that the tree was getting sick, because the leaves were turning brown. Why does he think the tree is sick?
S= Because it's standing up. Because it's fall.
T=How do you know (that it was sick)?
S= Because the leaves are falling.
T=Do you know what autumn means?
S=Yes, it means you feel better.
T= Autumn is another word for Fall. If you say Autumn, then it is the same meaning as the season Fall.
S=Oh! Autumn is Fall!
Book: The Fox and the Falling Leaves
Author: Julia Rawlinson
Discussion Questions:
Looking at the cover, what do you think this story is going to be about?
Let's look at this picture. What time of year do you think it is? Why do you think so?
It says that Fletcher came out of his den. What is a den? Do you know of any other animals that live in a den?
Fletcher told his mom that he was worried about the tree getting sick, because the leaves were turning brown. His mother told him not to worry that it was only autumn. What did she mean? What is happening to the tree? Is it really sick?
How does Fletcher show that he cares about the tree?
The following is part of a dialogue exchange is between myself and one other student with the above discussion questions given to him. T=Teacher S=Student
T=Looking at the cover, what do you think this story is going to be about?
S= A fox.
T= What else?
S=The leaves are falling. He standing on a wood.
T=What time of year do you think it is?
S=Fall.
T= How do you know?
S= 'Cuz the leaves are falling.
T=Fletcher told his mother that the tree was getting sick, because the leaves were turning brown. Why does he think the tree is sick?
S= Because it's standing up. Because it's fall.
T=How do you know (that it was sick)?
S= Because the leaves are falling.
T=Do you know what autumn means?
S=Yes, it means you feel better.
T= Autumn is another word for Fall. If you say Autumn, then it is the same meaning as the season Fall.
S=Oh! Autumn is Fall!
Be assisted in linking books to other aspects of the curriculum
Our preschool class read the story Lunch for celebrating the letter L. After one of our readings, we separated the fruits and vegetables and talked about healthy food choices.
Here is a follow up activity we had after reading The Foot Book. We measured, colored and cut out our foot tracing. The next day we lined them up in sequential order from largest to smallest.
Identify the parts of books and differentiate print from pictures