Read Aloud Literacy
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Writer's Workshop, Units of Study
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Table Teams Writing Folders |
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Teams |
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How about trying to add labels? |
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Our field trip yesterday to a forest habitat in Acadia National Park, made this poster an ideal model for labels. |
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Some writers added to their words today. |
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Some writers started a new piece. |
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This book on tools is all about the labels. |
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Making plans for writing. |
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Kindergarten Writer's Workshop
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Economic Inequality in Picture Books
Children
can develop, change, strengthen, and question their bias and
perceptions through the portal of the picture book. They unearth
understandings about themselves, their communities, and the larger world
they share. They deepen insight about the known, while peeking at the
unknown, as meaning gets created. Children better understand their
sense of self through messages of validation. And they lose confidence
when they are absent from the narratives read to them. Access
and exposure to diverse narratives in picture books offer children
opportunities
to both learn about their familiar communities, and those unexplored. Words and illustrations on the
pages invite the reader to participate. The exposed and personal
experiences unravel off the pages offering a transaction with the reader, and meaning served. Thus, there is a
great need for a variety of representations of family, school, and life, as children seek to deepen their own sense of self and others, through
the portrayals they connect too. Bishop
said:
Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however a window can be a mirror. (1990, as cited by Harris, 2007, p.153)
Words from A Shelter in Our Car... Mama opens our little ice chest and makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We drank some leftover orange soda. It's sweet but flat.
Early next morning, Mama wakes me up and reminds me, "let's use the restroom in the park before it gets to crowded." It's chilly there, and I shiver as I put on my school clothes. Then I splash water on my face from the faucet.
Words from Getting through Thursday...
And the next day, my family and I grit all we got toward getting' through Thursday. That's because payday at Mama's school where she's a lunch lady doesn't come till Friday.
Words from Those Shoes...
"Grandma, I want them." "There's no room for 'want' around here- just 'need," Grandma says. "And what you need are new boots for winter."
Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however a window can be a mirror. (1990, as cited by Harris, 2007, p.153)
Words from A Shelter in Our Car... Mama opens our little ice chest and makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We drank some leftover orange soda. It's sweet but flat.
Early next morning, Mama wakes me up and reminds me, "let's use the restroom in the park before it gets to crowded." It's chilly there, and I shiver as I put on my school clothes. Then I splash water on my face from the faucet.
Words from Getting through Thursday...
And the next day, my family and I grit all we got toward getting' through Thursday. That's because payday at Mama's school where she's a lunch lady doesn't come till Friday.
Words from Those Shoes...
"Grandma, I want them." "There's no room for 'want' around here- just 'need," Grandma says. "And what you need are new boots for winter."

Please note and consider, I do not necessarily recommend all the books shown here. These books have content that leads to economic inequality discourse, but in isolation of that use they could be problematic as single stories.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Science Read Aloud
Summer Green To Autumn Gold Uncovering Leaves Hidden Colors by Mia Posada #SummerGreenToAutumnGold #NetGalley
This vibrant cut tissue paper collage illustrated informational text explaining why and how leaves change color, belongs in every pre-k through grade 2 New England classroom, ready to be read aloud to children every fall. An accessible explanation given through fluent facts written in clear sentences about the mysterious and interesting transition changing leaves experience.
The use of labels, the font and placement of the text, the use of bold color words (deep purple) and interesting verbs, the glossary, and the seamless transitions of change throughout the seasons, are some of the highlights of this beautiful presentation of the life cycle of a leaf.
STEM to STEAM to STREAM. We need more science read alouds in our classrooms.
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