The Reading Enrichment Read-Aloud Program
It's Reading Enrichment Read-Aloud Lessons With Mrs. Howard
Each year the reading enrichment read-aloud program changes. Over a weekly period for the 2005-2006 year, the theme is "The Wonderland of Words." The read-aloud selections have been focusing on vocabulary development.
We began with a series of books that have developed word awareness. Here are the books chosen for the read-aloud program so far:
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Johnny Appleseed by Will Moses with a video follow-up. The video focuses on the expression, "An apple a day..."
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The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth helps develop responding to three important questions.
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The 2000-Year-Old Man Goes to School by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner generate humor through the old man's clever, comedic responses to the children's questions.
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Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna shows the wisdom of choosing and using words.
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Zathura by Chris van Allsburg with a follow-up on the Zathura movie version. Also, we have explored Jumanji, van Allsburg's first Caldecott-winning picture book, 1981. The great appeal is the opportunities to compare both works.
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Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson is humorous and informative. The author blends historical information with a cartoon-styled format.
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Disney's Chicken Little is the delightful interactive book based on the current film. The book has sound effects built in for use throughout the story.
