I. Book Choice
Consider the book choice. In retrospect, do you think it was a good choice? Why or why not? Provide specific evidence to back up your assertion. For my book, I wanted to find something with illustrations that the class could easily make connection to the story from. My cooperating teacher didn’t have a specific theme in mind but she did mention that the students love fun illustrations. This was actually the first book that I found when I went out to look and I was drawn to it because it was so sweet and the idea of talking about aliens with kindergartners seemed really exciting to me. When I read the book to the students, I could have easily asked a question on every page to make connections to the story but that would have taken all day but it had everything I wanted in a
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The book was easy to understand and the students seemed to like the illustrations and understand them. My book was a good choice and later during recess, I had students coming up to me and asking more questions about space and gravity. I think I was successful in my learning target and the overall theme of the story made sense to students based off my clarifying questions I asked.
II. The Read Aloud Process
Think about the process of doing the read aloud. How did you do with handling the book, reading with expression, management, etc.? Be specific. Address your observers’ comments. The process of doing a read aloud was pretty straight forward, I didn’t practice with the document camera as much as I would have liked but I thought it went well. The pages in the book were a bit glossy and the light made it hard to see the pictures at times. I also could have zoomed in a bit for with the document camera! Overall, I was able to read through the book with the students able to see what I was reading and I think I was successful. My classroom full of
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14. Did the author convince you of his or her point of view on any issues?
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
14. Did the author convince you of his or her point of view on any issues?
7). Students will have the opportunity to practice reading aloud and silently to improve their
The interactions between several of these main characters provided more than sufficient support to the argument presented by S. E. Hinton. I think what made this book worth reading is that it was written from the perspective of a teenager and easily understandable to any
I spent a minimum of half an hour in full pondering about having to choose a book. Not only a book, but the right book. I wanted to take this project as an opportunity to learn something new by reading literature I would enjoy. I did not want
I personally would not recommend this book. I did like some parts but I disliked it more than I liked it and unless someone is very passionate about this subject I wouldn’t tell them to read it because they would probably find it boring or it would be hard for them to understand certain parts like it was for me.
According to “Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts,” by James P. Byrnes, in order to best predict a students reading achievement, it is best to see if children are able to repeat stories that were just so recently read to them. This is a better way of assessing the students than any digital span. (Byrnes, 2007, p. 175) With this in mind, I asked questions that provoked a lot of thought and guided the conversations. I also implemented turn to talk into my lesson to hear what the students were saying to their peers about the story as
I enjoyed the book because the scenarios are very well described so the reader can clearly imagine the events in their mind.
opinions on the topic and the author's account of the story. I found that the
Over all the book was very good. The concepts went right along with what was in the book. This was a very interesting, and fun book to read.
...e preceding reasons, all college students should read the book. The book will captivate the educated mind, and most importantly, will cause that mind to think and to question why things happen as they do.
My relationship with books and reading has not been the greatest adventure for me thus far. I will not say that all my experience has been terrible but for the most part not that great. I know for me it started when I was little and unfortunately it has carried to my adulthood.
The authenticity of Interactive Reading is clear and therefore leads us to explore HOW we, as teachers, incorporate this strategy in our teaching most effectively. Fisher, Flood, Lapp, and Frey's study on "read-aloud practices" provides an excellent, research based framework for the implementation of Interactive Reading based on their observations of teachers in classrooms. Their 7 "essential components of an interactive read-aloud" is a practical guide of using this strategy and can be implimented with all children. These components provide a structure that allows us to teach ALL children (inherently allowing differentiation) while attending to common core state standards. Use of this strategy attends to the understanding of language and literacy development while providing for specific skill instruction in reading and writing.