readers sound like the characters!

There are many interactive ways to explore reading concepts, such as comprehension. We look closely at the characters in a story, follow how the story goes, ask questions, share noticings and make connections. We think deeply about the characters and practice sounding like the characters as we read. Through the acting out of familiar storybooks, children are rereading, developing text comprehension, and practicing reading with expression. 

This week, the children acted out The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We talked about the narrator of the story and the characters. We discussed how each character would sound and how to show emotion through facial and physical expression. Following the children's performance, there was a shared excitement to perform more of our favorite storybooks - perhaps even for the first and second graders! The children have such an excitement to share their learning with our whole school community. Their love for literature and their genuine joy to learn together is inspiring.

Once there were three billy goats with the last name Gruff . . .