My first thoughts about asking a 5 year to read to self for more than 5 minutes is "IT CAN'T BE DONE!" But after reading the experiences of other kindergarten teachers who have students who HAVE accomplished this feat, I am becoming a believer!
I LOVE, LOVE "3 Ways to Read a Book" and we will start that process right away.
Here are the 3 ways:
1. Read and talk about the pictures (I love the idea of teaching kids that you are reading even when you are just looking at the pictures! As you know, I firmly believe that pictures/illustrations are the beginning foundation for reading and writing!)
2. Read the words. (There are always 1 or 2 kiddos that come to school being able to read. Most kiddos that come to school reading LOVE to read, so this will probably end up being one of their favorite parts of the day!)
3. Retell a previously read book. (Kids love to retell stories, so I know they will enjoy this part of Read to self. We will have to practice and model proper noise levels, though, so that this does not become a distraction to others.)
I still am in the thinking process of how to arrange my classroom. I won't be able to get into it until the first of August, so all my planning must be done on paper right now. I want my library to have a warm, cozy feeling and I want my books easy to locate and return when finished. There are so many awesome ideas floating around from other wonderful teachers. What I need to do now is take an afternoon with pen and paper and record ideas I like and then refine them into something that will work for me!
Make sure that you click on the image above to read Krissy's awesome thoughts on the Daily 5 as well as the other teachers who have linked up for this chapter.
Until next time!