R~ A
Great Read Aloud Story ~
January 20, 2007:
The End! Wow! Everyone wanted
to know how the story ended but it's kind of sad
that it's over. It's taken several weeks for
us to read the book. We stopped many times to
discuss words and ideas. One of the best
things about reading a long extended story is that
students have a chance to recap what's happened many
times. This is a powerful strategy for tapping
into deeper understanding of the characters and
storyline.
January 8, 2007:
We're reading about Wilbur at the
fair now. Charlotte and Templeton have "stowed
away" and are with Wilbur. Charlotte has seen
Uncle, the really big pig and wonders if he will win
the prize because he's so big. She is feeling
very tired. Templeton, although very crabby,
has been helpful. He's found words for
Charlotte to weave in the webs.
December 11, 2006: Charlotte
and Wilbur have met. We're really happy that
Wilbur has a friend. Charlotte's eating habits
were discussed at length! The goslings arrived
too. Templeton took the 8th egg back to his
hiding place.
December 4, 2006:
We've started
to listen to this great book being read aloud.
The class is very excited to hear more Charlotte!
s~ Active Reading
Strategies ~
Clarifying Words
We are highlighting a few
words to learn about from each chapter. Our
Charlotte Words anchor chart will be added to as
we read more. Here are the first few we
selected: runt,
enchanted, snout, manure.
Connections
We were able to make some
connections this week. Fairness is a character
trait. Fern thought her dad was unfair when he
wanted to kill the pig runt. Later, he gave her the
responsibility to care for the little pig.
Wilbur used
his snout to dig a tunnel in the manure.
We remembered Pippin's snout in
Pippin the Christmas Pig.
Visualization
There are
just a few illustrations in the Charlotte's Web
version we are using. The class has been
"making pictures in our heads" as they listen to the
story.
Predictions
Through
the whole story, we'll be asking for predictions -
What happens next? and then checking to see if
our predictions were correct. |
Charlotte's Web
