- Have a familiar story time routine.A routine is useful for helping students settle down for story time.
To create a routine, try the following:
a) Play story time music.
This works well in classrooms, especially if you play the same music every time.
b) Have a story time area.
Yes, its wonderful to be able to plop down almost anywhere and any time to read.
A fun and simple way to ensure students are listening and understanding is to make an occasional playful mistake.
What did he eat?Children: Strawberries!Teacher: Ah, yes.
He ate through ten strawberries.Children: Noooo!
Four!Teacher: Four?
Can you count them with me?
One, two, three, four!
He ate through four strawberries.
Youre very good readers!
What do you think he ate next?
The occasional silly mistake is a great way to get kids involved.
- Make sound effects to give the story some life.Animal sounds?
Children will be more than willing to help you with animal sounds.
Repeated words or phrases?
Invite the children to shout them out at each moment in the story.
Does someone sit down with a thud?
Go ahead, saythudorka-boomwhen that happens.
Does someone start to eat?
Add the appropriateslurp slurp slurpfor soup,gobble gobble gobblefor other foods, andglug glug glugsounds for drinking.
The wind goeswhoooshandrain goespitter-patter.
The possibilities are endless!
But dont let the children see the next page yet!
Wait a moment before continuing.
Your facial expressions generate curiosity, and the children will really want to find out what happens next.
you’ve got the option to look wide-eyed and surprised.
Ask the children, What do you think happens next?
It is important here to accept all answers.
What is your favorite Simple Reading Tip?
