Today as our class set up for our Daily 5 Listen to Reading session we started off with something a bit different!! We love to listen to stories using our iPads, iPods, laptops and computers. We listen to stories from Sunshine Online, Ziptales, Storyline Online and some different book apps.
It’s really important to listen to reading because:
- it gives us ideas about how to read using expressive voices for characters
- it shows us how to pronounce words
- we listen to the speed or pace of the reading (steady, faster, slower paces as needed)
- it can teach us how to sound out difficult words
- it gives us examples of how to read fluently.
We also have some people doing read to self today because they’re reading books that they just LOVE.
Today we started Listen to Reading by doing the ‘mannequin challenge’. This viral video trend is where people remain frozen in action, like a mannequin. We’re sure you’ve all heard of it – well now you can see how our class does it!
https://youtu.be/TGIrMhCANZA
What do you think of our Mannequin Challenge? Did you see the students from the class next door watching us – they just couldn’t resist.