Newly added (May 2020): digital options for ALL response sheets that students can type into instead of writing for distance learning. Digital access and information is on page 2 of the unit!
Kick your read aloud up a notch or two with focused, planned out lessons all ready for you to print and teach. Each page includes an intro to prepare students for their learning and higher level thinking questions with the page numbers of where to stop in the text.
Overview:
70 one-page lessons easy to print and use (also great for subs!)
Each lesson has stopping points and discussion questions for skills taught throughout the year.
Each lesson focuses on a particular skill & engages students in respectful discussions around each topic!
Each lesson includes a reading response and writing response sheet
This is a great tool to have when you are trying to keep the standards in mind during a read aloud!
Download the preview for a free lesson!
This unit includes:
– Explanation of an “interactive read aloud”
– 3 pages of tips and tricks from my classroom
– Scope and Sequence of books and skills used across the year
– Book list with authors and links to buy
– Brief monthly overviews for each skill
– Convenient one-page lessons for 64 popular children’s read alouds
– Reading response sheet for every book
– Writing response sheet for every book
Focus Skills Addressed:
– Illustrations &Text relationship
– Concepts of print
– Character traits
– Setting and story elements
– Making connections
– Problem & Solutions
– Cause and Effect
– Main idea/Theme
– Non fiction text features
– Character changes
– Reading a variety of texts
– Inferring
– Point of view
– Vocabulary & Context clues
– and more!
There are one page lessons in this unit for each of the following books:
AUGUST:
How to Read a Story by Mark Siegel
Pancakes by Tomie dePaola
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
SEPTEMBER:
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Giraffes Can?t Dance by Giles Andreae
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes
The Recess Queen by Alexis O?Neill
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
OCTOBER:
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Thundercake by Patrcia Polacco
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCluskey
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Lilly?s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
NOVEMBER:
No, David! by Michael Shannon
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
DECEMBER:
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Alexander and the Terrible? by Judith Viorst
JANUARY:
Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop
Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons
Martin Luther King Jr. (Nat. Geo. Kids) by Kitson Jazynka
Frogs by Gail Gibbons
Animal Lives: Sharks by Sally Morgan
Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo
FEBRUARY:
Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Big, Blue Whale by Nicola Davies
Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
MARCH:
Julius Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
My Sister Gracie by Gillian Johnson
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
Brave Irene by William Steig
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
APRIL:
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Abraham Lincoln by Violet Findley
Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
The Princess and the Pea by John Cech
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
MAY:
Three Hens and Peacock by Lester Laminack
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
Don?t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Willems
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
Abuela by Arthur Dorros
JUNE:
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe
Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
BONUS BOOKS:
Only One You by Linda Kranz
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers
A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts
The Empty Pot by Demi
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
Enjoy!
Susan Jones
