It is important to instill the love of reading in our students. There are several strategies to get students attention, involvement and interest. Beginning with pre strategies, prior to opening a book, the teacher can introduce the book by showing the cover, discussing the title, and find out if anyone is familiar with the story. Also, the teacher should have students predict what the book is about, relate the story to something personal to the student (e.g., A toy, culture, a family member). If you really want to entice their interest, then a box of random items from the book can be played with prior to reading it, or a food item from the book could be enjoyed.
During the reading, the teacher can have children read along, or maybe say a repeating sentence out loud for participation. Also, explain new vocabulary words and read with interest and feeling to keep the students engaged. If a food item was eaten prior to reading the story, the teacher can relate them eating it also. The last strategy is the post strategy. A teacher may have an activity that the students review sequencing, create their own story, students can write in their journals about their favorite part and draw a picture about it.
By applying pre/ during/ post strategies, a teacher can help students enjoy reading. They learn how to predict, brainstorm, work in groups, organize, and reinforce the six language arts. The students are engaged in the book as they listen, discuss, read and view the illustrations. Also, students have visual representation, and when they journal, students can practice their writing.
I know these strategies work because my son has been in pre-k for 2 weeks now and I can see how much he loves his books. The minute he runs off the bus at the end of the school day, he immediately opens his backpack wanting me to read the story. He acts like it is a Christmas gift. In using the techniques, I can ask him specific questions about sequence, vocabulary and to read a word we reviewed and he can answer correctly. But if you ask him what he did five minutes ago, he won't know.
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Great point Christine! The six language arts are immense to a child's education. I completely agree, keeping a child active and involved in a story (the six language arts)is key to keeping their attention and interest! I too believe that review is helpful to a student. The repitition with the review would help a student to remember events of the book.
ReplyDeleteOk - got to it! Thanks and good job.
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I think some of the most exciting parts of what we are learning are the ways we can see them working in the children we are working with. It's super cool that your son is learning to love literature, and to retain what he's reading. It just provides an echo that 'this stuff actually works.'
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