Good teachers have got to be sales people. That means SELLING children on reading! Here are some activities that will put a book in children's hands and motivate them to read, read, read!
RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Read, Write,
Quiet Boxes – Each child will need to bring in an empty cereal box. Cut the top off the box and make
slanted sides as shown. Children
can paint their boxes or decorate them with construction paper. Store blank books, pencils, and simple
books that they can read in the boxes.
Children can use their boxes as a quiet activity after lunch or if they
finish their work early.
Downloads
– You can download many free books for your students on the internet. Here are a few sites:
starfall.com
nellieedge.com
Predictable Books – Staple two sheets of paper
together to make blank books.
Children can complete simple sentences on each page. Here are possible topics:
I
can…
I
like…
I
don’t like…
I
want…
I
see…
Look! Look!
I
wish…
When
I grow up…
I
can read…
I
know…
Book Buddies -
Place an emergent reader book you have worked on in class and a stuffed animal
or puppet in a cloth bag. Add
blank paper, crayons, and a pencil.
Rotate allowing children to take home “book buddy” bags. Remind them to do each of the
activities below before returning the book bag to school.
1. Read the book to yourself.
2. Read the book to your book buddy
(stuffed animal).
3. Read the book in the mirror.
4. Read the book to someone in your
family.
5. Read the book one more time to your
pet, a toy, or something else. 6. Draw a picture of your favorite part of
the story.
Reader’s Chair
- Designate a special chair in your classroom as the “reader’s chair” or
“author’s chair.” Spray paint gold
or silver and decorate with fake jewels and fur. Encourage children to practice reading books. When they feel confident invite them to
sit in the chair and read a few pages to their classmates.
*They can also
read/or tell original stories as they take turns sitting in the chair.
Here's a picture Jennifer Lingerfelt of Connover, NC, sent of how she adapted my lunch bag book to a reading activity. They put letters on the bags and then cut out pictures of objects beginning with that sound. Now, that's how you "sell" phonics!
Here's a picture Jennifer Lingerfelt of Connover, NC, sent of how she adapted my lunch bag book to a reading activity. They put letters on the bags and then cut out pictures of objects beginning with that sound. Now, that's how you "sell" phonics!
