Some terrific readalouds have been mentioned--I've used quite a few of them. Harris and Me was my favorite this year--I read the first chapter "live" without the kids following along, then recorded the other chapters the night before. I played the tapes in class while i moved around the room, sitting with various kids and reading along, too. On the second day of listening to the tapes, one kid raised his hand, waving it exitedly. My rule about reading along with me or recorded readings is that one does not interrupt the reading--but he was so agitated, I walked toward the recorder, planning to stop the tape. He couldn't wait.
"That's you, Ms. Maddox, that's you on that tape, idn't it?" He turned to the kid next to him and punched the kid on the shoulder. "That's her--that's Ms. Maddox readin on that tape!" The other kid looked up, said, "Yeah--it is--hey, that's Ms. Maddox on that tape!" Almost all the kids put their books down, turned and looked at me wonderingly. What fun--I felt like a celebrity. That book is tremendously fun to read--I did the best reading of my career, I think. I still occasionally pitch my voice to the timbre I use for Harris and say, "All right, you gooners! Back to work!" Always gets a laugh. Previous all time favorite read alouds: __The Mock Revolt_ by Vera and Bill Cleaver __Toby, Granny, and George_ by Robby Branscum Several things by Richard Peck Bev Maddox "Read like a wolf eats." --Gary Paulsen _______________________________________________ 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
