When in the classroom, I would try to read aloud to my students for 10 min. a day. The only "activities" I did were comprehension: at certain points in the book I would question them, they would talk to their partner then share with the whole class. After reading we would also discuss. I would also have them write their own personal reflection of the story so far and usually have them predict what could happen next based on what we've read so far. Sometimes they each had a copy, sometimes they didn't.
I would also read aloud picture books that were appropriate, and there are lots. On 2/14/07, Ashli and Paul Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok, so for this read aloud, are these books you literally read out loud to > your class during down time for like 5 minutes each day? or is this a > novel > you all read as a class out loud and do the activities and stuff? > > Thanks, > Ashli > > > On 2/14/07, Lucinda Marcello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lois Lowry is a wonderful writer. We loved Number the Stars (historical > > fiction) and The Giver. She has a good author website we searched as a > > class > > in the computer lab. She even responded to me on her blog. The 6th > graders > > loved that. > > > > Among the Hidden was loved by my 7th graders this year. Many, many went > on > > to read the other books in this series as it started them in that fine > > direction. I like to read books in a series to hook them. > > > > Lucinda > > Tucson, Arizona > > --- Original Message ----- > > From: "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [LIT] Update favorite "read-aloud" > > > > > > > My favorite read alouds are The Giver (Lois Lowery), Among the > > > Hidden(Margaret Haddix), and The > > > Last Book in the Universe (Rodman Philbrick). These are tried but > true > > > favorites, but the sequels Messenger, Gathering Blue and many more > > > "Amongs" > > > just aren't great read alouds. They are however, great books to send > > kids > > > to when you are done with the read alouds. > > > > > > < > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-8777963-9859111?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Rodman%20Philbrick > > >-- > > > > > > Kimberlee Hannan > > > Department Chair > > > Sequoia Middle School > > > Fresno, CA > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/685 - Release Date: > > 2/13/2007 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
