Groups Presentation 2 11/30 EDRG 3321 MW 11:00

The second group that went today did their presentation on the story book Pink and Say. This story was a very mature and emotional story. It is great to do with 7th or 8th grade American history when they are studying the Civil War. I loved the way that the whole group took turns reading the story. For me this helped me to keep my attention because each person was able to add their own different tone to their section of the story. The activity that went along with their story was creative and would be great for student's at the Jr. high level. Our group had to write about Pink, we talked about how he was compassionate and caring person. This presentation was wonderful and very moving!

11/30 Group Presentation 1 EDRG 3321 M/W 11:00

The first group that went today spoke about integrity and Chinese folktale. They started off by having The Empty Pot projected on the screen and talking about different scenes, colors, characters and objects throughout the books. This was a great way to spark students interest in the story. Next they read the story, which helped to tie in the overview very nicely. While they were reading the story the pictures were still on the screen which was great because we could all see the pictures this way. After the story we talked about integrity. This is a great story to explain this topic. The activity was fun and would also be great to do with 2nd grade students.

Genre Presentation M&W 11:00-12:20

Monday's presentation were wonderful. The groups that presented were very creative!!! I just loved how the first group had all of the decorations and the script. The customs and masks very wonderful! The fish that they passed out to us would be a great way to keep the students engaged and get them involved with the story! The second group that went used technology to present their story. They took the story and made it into a mini movie for the kids to watch. Also the activity that they had was a cute idea to show the students the everyday importance of recycling. Over I think that the first sets of presentation went very well and I am looking forward to seeing the rest! Good luck everyone and great job to those of you who are done!!

EDRG 3321 Author Profile MW

The Napping House is a cute story by Audrey and Don Wood. This is a story about a granny who goes to bed and is joined by a cat, dog, mouse and many other creatures. This story would be great for a read aloud because of how you can create enthusiasm when you are reading different parts of this story. The illustrations are wonderfully represent the different parts of the story and what is taking place. This is a story that I will have in my classroom library!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=34DAKJ9NMH&isbn=0152567089&itm=1
This is the link to see the cover of the book and how to buy it!

Authors Profile EDRG 3321 MW

One of my favorite books to use with younger or first time readers is We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. My 3 and 4 year old kids LOVED this book, it is very interactive so it keeps their short attention span in check so you can get though the whole book. Another great part about this book is they have this story avaible in CD formate or also on sites like youtube.com. So you could read the story with the kids and then listen to it on CD or watch it on the internet! This will always be a classic with the kids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIcu6tbEko&feature=related
Check it out!! It's so cute!

EDRG 3321 Guided Reading Books and Websites

http://roythezebra.com/ This is one of the best websites that I found for guided reading. When you getting to the website you have several different options as far as where you can go and what you can do. This site offers everything from games to software. I played one of the capital letters game, it was a lot of fun and would be a great game to play with like kindergartners. In this game you had to identify which letter should be capitalized, if you got it right then you would win a puzzle piece, after winning and putting together all of the pieces you would be able to see what Zora was dreaming about.

http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/ This page has different ideas for games, worksheets, handouts and much more. It is designed for a kindergarten class and the information that she gives would be just right right for working with this age group. I also like that the web page was fairly user friendly!

EDRG 3321 Example of a Good Read Aloud

After watching the video on the Carnegie foundation I am so thankful that I was able to view this video. This is a great example of what a read aloud should look like. The whole time the students are engaged. The teacher does this by reading with enthusiasm and by stopping a asking students to make text to text connections. I think that it is also great that the students are able to understand what a text to text connection is. I also like how the teacher has positioned herself. She is sitting in the chair and all of the students can see her. She is also using facial expressions that show the students that she is excited to be reading the story to the students. She has chosen a text that the students can related to because they have read stories by the author before, during the read aloud the students make the connection be twin the different stories. After watching this video I understand know how I should conduct a read aloud!

EDRG 3321 Courtney Holley Ch. 6

Chapter 6 is all about traditional literature. What is traditional literature? From page 123 in our book you will see that traditional literature is " the written form of stories that are part of the oral tradition of a culture". An example of this would be stories that have a moral, they were told to children so that they would do the right thing and stay out of trouble. Now days we have taken those stories that over time would have been told orally and put them into a format. This format usually includes: Plot, setting, characterization, style, theme, motifs, and variants. These are the key parts to having what we would consider a good form of traditional literature. Traditional literature is a great type of literature to have in in your classroom library and you should have a wide selection of traditional literature for the students to choose from. By doing this you will keep your students interested reading!!