Introducing+Making+Meaning

**__READ ALOUD__** **__Monday__** From the Making Meaning Curriculum Unit 1: The Reading Life **Prep/Materials** **Learning Target:** I can be responsible for myself during Read Aloud. This means that I will come to the rug quietly, sit near my partner, and focus on the book. **Opener:** For the last two months we have been reading stories together. And starting now we are going to be really thoughtful about this time we spend together. When we come together at the rug to read a book we are a reading community. The discussion norms that we created are really important. And it will be important that we follow them. Let’s go over our discussion norms now. This year we will be learning all kinds of things to help us really understand the books we read. And this year you are going to learn so many tricks that good readers use to read all kinds of books. And you are going to become even better readers. **Teach** When you come to the rug for a Read Aloud I expect you to sit next to your partner without me having to tell you to. If you are a person who has a bench seat then I expect that your partner sits right in front of you. I also expect that you come to the rug quickly and quietly so we can get started on reading fast. You usually come in from outside so from now on you will be in two lines and you will be right next to your partner. You want to make sure that you don’t bump into each other or talk as you come to the rug. Practice doing this and and ask students… **Read Aloud** -Introduce book, author, illustrator ASK: Introduce vocabulary as you come across it: WAFTED: floated DOG CATCHER TULIP COLLAR DOG POUND At the end of the story ask the following: SAY: This year when we read we will ask you to focus on the books. But we will also be asking you to teat one another respectfully, to listen and speak to one another and to take responsibility for yourselves. ASK: What did you do to act responsibly during the reading discussion today? Next time we meet we will still talk about McDuff **__READ ALOUD__** **__Tuesday__** From the Making Meaning Curriculum Unit 1: The Reading Life **Learning Target:** I can turn and talk to partner in a responsible way. This means that I will talk loudly enough for my partner to hear me. This also means that I will listen with my eyes and ears when I am listening to my partner. **Prep/Materials** **Entrance** **Opener** Yesterday we talked about how we will come together as a community during Read Aloud time. You remember that you have to show that you can be respectful to the community and to your partners. Today you are going to learn a routine that we call “turn and talk.” I say, “turn and talk” you will turn to face your partner and start talking about the book or a question that I ask. When I raise my hand and count down from 5 you will turn and face me. It will be your job to make sure you listen to your partner and take turns. The person holding the ear is the person listening. **Try It** Let’s practice. When I say turn and talk I want you to turn and talk to your partner and tell them your first and last name. When I give you the signal turn back to me. Let’s practice one more time. Here is the question: If you could have any animal as a pet, what animal would you chose? **Turn & Talk!** Share a couple of ideas. Give the signal and give feedback to the class. **Teach** Today when we do Turn & Talk you will be responsible for thinking of an idea and sharing it with your partner. Show the cover of the book. Do a Turn & Talk and ask… //ASK: What do you remember about this story?// Share 2-3 responses of what partner said. Today we will reread __McDuff__. You are going to listen carefully to hear any details you missed during the first reading. Rereading is one technique that readers use so that they can understand books more deeply. This year we will reread books and as students to practice comprehension strategies so that they become stronger readers. PAGE 5: “So he went looking” TURN & TALK ASK: What do you remember about the story to this point? PAGE 12: “Through an open window in the kitchen of number…” TURN & TALK ASK: How do you think McDuff feels about what is happening now? Why do you think that? PAGE 18: “We certainly can’t keep him…” TURN & TALK ASK: How do you think McDuff feels about what is happening now? Why do you think that? AT THE END OF THE STORY ASK:
 * Week of November 8, 2010**
 * students should know their Turn & Talk partners
 * __McDuff Moves in__
 * Turn and Talk Partners
 * What did you do to move in a responsible way?
 * What might you do differently when you try this again?
 * What can you tell about this book already?
 * Do you think this will be a serious book or a funny book? Why do you think so?
 * Are you sitting in a way that will help you listen? If not, what can you do?
 * Why does the little white doe go to Fred & Lucy’s house?
 * What in the story makes you think that?
 * Do you think Fred drives around in circles?
 * Ho do Fred & Lucy come up with the name for McDuff?
 * __McDuff Moves In__
 * ears
 * Students come to sit next to their Turn & Talk Partner
 * Teacher hands out ears to one partner
 * Remind students how to come to sit at the rug
 * Give feedback on how students did
 * Model what a Turn and Talk looks like

**__READ ALOUD__** **__Wednesday__** From the Making Meaning Curriculum Unit 1: The Reading Life **Learning Target:** I can make a text-to-self connection that will help me understand a story even better. **Prep/Materials** __Poppleton__ Turn & Talk ears **Opener** For the last couple of days we have been working on doing Turn and Talks and being responsible. Today you will stop listening to a story and I will ask you to Turn and Talk to your partner. The point of doing a turn and talk is so that everybody has a chance to think and share their thinking with someone. Today you will report on what your partner shared with you. For this reason it is so important that you really listen to what your partner said. **Teach** This book has three stories about Poppleton. Today we will read one of the stories. It is called “The Library.” TURN & TALK ASK: What do you like about going to the library? As we continue to read I want you to keep the conversation you had with your partner about the library in your mind. **Vocabulary** LIP BALM POCKET WATCH PARADE TISSUES BOOK MARKER BURIED HIS HEAD IN A BOOK ADVENTURE BOOK LIBRARIAN TURN & TALK PAGE 29 “Poppleton took library day very seriously.” ASK: What do you know about Poppleton up to this point in the story? TURN & TALK PAGE 33: “But he loved adventure.” ASK: What did you learn about Poppleto in the part of the story you just heard? AT THE END OF THE STORY: ASK: Why is Monday Poppleton’s favorite day? Explain your thinking? Give positive feedback about what students did well.
 * What did you hear during the second reading of this story that you missed during the first reading?
 * How did you do with the Turn and Talk? In what ways did it go well? What would you like to differently next time?
 * What are some examples of ways you acted responsibly today?
 * Introduce __Poppleton__