On November 8th, I got to read my first read aloud to my class! I am in a Kindergarten classroom, so it was fun to hear their stories and opinions on the book I read. My CT asked me to read "Duck For President" to the students. It was election day and the elementary school I am at was voting for their favorite book. My CT read "Grace For President" and "My Teacher For President" later in the afternoon on Monday. So once I sat down to read "Duck For President" the students knew as soon as I read the title that this book was going to be a funny one. The students sat very still for me and were really interested in the book. Most of them could read along to the words I pointed out such as "the" and "we". It was really impressive! The read aloud went very smoothly and I received great feedback from both my CT and my partner. I am in a very fun and educational environment! So far, it is going very well!
To calm the children down from an activity to sitting quietly for read alouds, how do you all transition? Or how does your teacher transition from one to the other so that the students are staying on task?
I read the same book this week too :) The classroom that I am in has a few naughty students and it is a hard class to keep focused. My CT said that it really helps to make sure that all the students are ready before I start and then through out the book ask questions to make sure they are involved and have them talk with partners through out the book to allow them to talk at appropriate times.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your next read aloud!
I had a very good first read aloud as well!! The students all seem to enjoy when one of the teachers reads a book to them and they all fight over who is going to read that book the next morning before we start class. I was very nervous to do my first read aloud but my teacher gave me great feedback so that as made me more confident for the next time I have the opportunity to do one.
ReplyDeleteto answer your question I think that my teacher does a great job of transitioning from instruction to read aloud time. We usually do read aloud after we do reading stations so we are ending with a fun reading by one of the teachers which the class seems to enjoy so they know that they have to pay attention and engage in the reading or we won't do read aloud anymore.
I can't wait for us all to have the opportunity to do more Readings with our students within the next couple of week!!
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