Words Of Wisdom
" They say reach for the stars and you will get to the moon. I say reach for yourself and you will get to the stars."
Copyright © 2009 Francisco Leon
103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading
By: Jim Burke (1998)
- Pantomime Act out a scene you choose or the class calls out to you while up there.
- Dramatic monologue Create a monologue for a character in a scene. What are they thinking/feeling at that moment? Why?
- Dramatic monologue Create a monologue for a character while they are out of the book. Where are they? Why? What are they thinking?
- Business card Book Write the story in the most compelling way you can on paper the size of a business card.
- Postcard Write to a friend, the author, or to a character about this book. Write as if you were the character or author and write to yourself.
- Mapmaker Draw a map of the book's setting.
- Moviemaker Write a one page "pitch" to a producer explaining why the story would or would not make a great movie.
- Trailer Movie previews always offer a quick sequence of the best moments that make us want to watch it – storyboard or narrate the scenes for your trailer. Focus on verbs.
- Billboard As in the movies, take what seems the most compelling image(s) and create an ad.
- Adjective-itis Pick five adjectives for the book or character(s), and explain how they apply.
Little Books
At starfall.com tutors and teachers can download and print little story books for their kids to color and put together. Check out the links below...
Zac the Rat
Peg the Hen
Jakes Tale
Sky Ride
Robot and Mr. Mole
My Family
Words Of Wisdom
“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations--something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.”
- Katherine Patterson
What you need:
• three pennies
• paper
• pencil
What to do:
1. On the paper, draw a "sound box" that looks like this:
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2. Give your child three pennies to use as markers.
3. Say the word sat. Stretch the sounds as you say the word:sssaaat. Drag a marker to each box as you switch from one sound to the next. Ask your child to repeat after you.
4. Then have your child write a letter in each box for each sound in the word. For example, say "What is the first sound in sat? Write the letter that makes the /s/ sound." Your child will then write the letter s in the first box. Continue with the rest of the sounds and letters in the word.
5. Create a clean Sound Box and continue this activity with any three-letter short vowel word, such as man, sit, let, hot, sun, etc.
Learning Benefits:
• draws attention to sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
• develops letter-sound correspondence
• provides practice writing letters
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