Getting Children Engaged with Reading- Laurie
Most young children learning to read LOVE to be read to. When I do my read alouds I put so much spirit and love into what I am reading that my students are just waiting to find out what happens. It is always my hope that my students will leave the read aloud just aching to read another book by the same author or books with the same type of character. When I teach my students about unfreezing their characters in their writing I read Elephant and Piggie books and then my students flock to the bookshelf to look at and read an Elephant and Piggie book. I love to read books that are beautifully illustrated and talk about the illustrations along with reading the book with all my heart and soul.
Just last week I read the book We Are Growing and I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes! I had my students belly laughing along with me. It is so important to a readers growth for them to see an adult reader LOVING books. You will soon begin to see your students picking up familiar books and laughing, admiring and sharing with their classmates the books that you have shared.
This is a wonderful tribute to reading aloud to kids. Too many kids aren't getting this experience at home so we have to include reading aloud in our classes. To this day I love to listen to people read books. Enjoying it yourself shows the value of getting into a story and living the life as you read.
ReplyDeleteI do this with my students as well. They love it when I use different voices for different characters. I always try to leave off with a cliffhanger!
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