Teacher Preparation: Select an interesting, developmentally appropriate text. Ex.Choosing the book “Z is For Moose” for a Kindergarten classroom., Preview the text. Ex. The book “Z is for Moose” about a Zebra trying to order words with letters in the alphabet, and a Moose who can’t wait its turn., Practice orally reading text. Ex. With a book about farm animals, you rehearse making animals noises of the animals featured in the story, such as “oink” for a pig character., Establish language objective(s) for emergent bilinguals. Ex. Language Objective: Retell - Bring in character puppets for students to retell and summarize the story., Before Reading: Establish a purpose for reading. Ex. Analyzing cause-and-effect in a book, Activate students’ background knowledge. Ex. With book about the Zoo, asking students questions such as: What animals do we see at a zoo?, Provide background information. Ex. With a book about emotions, provide background information on the different kinds of emotions and when we may feel them., Monitor comprehension. Ex. The boy on the cover looks mad beside a baby. I wonder if the baby is his sibling and did something that made the boy angry., During Reading: Read aloud with prosody. Ex. Be sure to emphasize words that are bolded or in capital letters when you read, Read aloud with animation (e.g., movement, gestures, facial expressions, and props). Ex. With a book about farm animals, use a puppets of the animals when those animals are speaking., Teach vocabulary in context. Ex. With a book about emotions, if a page mentions the word “grimace” teach children what the word means, when you might grimace, and get students to mimic what a grimace looks like., Periodically stop to ask text- specific questions. Ex. The boy in the book just got a bad grade, why do you think he got that bad grade? How do you think he feels?, Model Strategy Usage. Ex. Before reading, I thought the boy was mad at his baby sister because she did something. His mommy just ignored him because she was too busy taking care of the baby. Maybe he’s jealous. On this page, the boy started yelling because his grandparents are calling his baby sister cute, but not him. Maybe he feels ignored again., After Reading: Interactive discussion. Ex. In groups of three, talk about the moral of this story. Have you ever felt like any of the characters in this story?, Retell. Ex. Retell the story by acting out the main points of the plot.,

Literacy Seminar - Matching Activity

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