October
7
ELA 20: Oct 7 Questions and Reading Out Loud…
- I had a sub in for me today. Mrs. Kerpan led the students through today’s activities.
- They finished reading the article from yesterday about what children learn through children’s stories. The students were given question sheets with the article yesterday so they were given time to work individually on answering them. They were to do it by themselves to help them become more comfortable filling in full answers. They then discussed the questions and shared their responses so they could add to their own answers.
- Once finished that, Mrs. Kerpan read aloud an article to them that focused on the ten benefits in reading aloud to children. It’s one thing to have kids read on a regular basis, but there are several benefits to reading to them. For example, it often gives them an opportunity to experience a story that’s written in language possibly a bit advanced for their own reading skills so having it read to them exposes them to new stories. It also allows children a chance to observe someone else read or model for them how to experience the grammar in stories, with the reader pausing at the commas or observing the periods. Children benefit a great deal from being read to.