This week we conducted multiple readings of the poem "How to Paint a Donkey" by Naomi Shihab Nye. The purpose of close reading is to have students delve deeply into a text in order to achieve a complex understanding of what the author has written. In kindergarten our close reads involve learning to annotate a text (marking important parts). We read the poem multiple times to focus on what the author had written. We also did a lot of talking with our classmates to discuss what we noticed in the poem. For our culminating activity, students created posters featuring advice for the narrator of the poem. Students discussed the author's message and made posters that encouraged the narrator of the poem to be proud of their work. It was exciting to see students talking about their ideas and analyzing a text! It was definitely a proud moment for me!
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Mrs. McGrane
I love teaching kindergarten literacy at STEM! It is amazing to be a part of the reading and writing growth of a kindergarten student. You get to see kids move from knowing some letters and sounds to being enthusiastic readers and young authors. Archives
March 2016
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