[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will be helping several other teachers do a 3 hour presentation on Read Aloud----the purpose is to get teachers to feel comfortable readng aloud to their students. Anyone with some must do dos with read alouds please give me your thoughts---thanks. olga
>From Jane: Reading aloud to my Kindergarten children is one of my favorite things to do! (Their's, too!). I read books that I love, and they in turn love them, too. One thing that has just sort of happened over the years is that I have developed "voices" for animals. My cows always talk very slow. My birds (chickens included) talk prissy southern. My cats talk in a whiney "meowy" type of voice. My dogs have a choppy "barky" type of voice. I've done this so much, I don't even really think about it any more. It is so rewarding to hear my children use these voices when they read, too. There are some books that ALWAYS make me cry (like when I read Eric Carle's A House For a Hermit Crab at the end of each year and tell them how the crab moving to a new shell is like them moving to first grade.) and I don't try to hide that from them. I want them to see how books truly touch our emotions. Jane in SC :-) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
