Hey Scarecrow--You Can't Scare Me! Reading Ideas

Our Scarecrow Unit

 includes stories/texts

to develop 

several reading skills and strategies.

 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Scarecrow-with-Closes-Shared-Reading-Math-and-Literacy-and-SACC-2857995

Close Reading

develops

Vocabulary and Comprehension skills

by having the kiddos

think about reading .

Often in kinder classes,

a Close Informational Reading 

is a group choral experience

with the teacher and the kiddos

thinking and talking 

together.  

 

A Close Literature Reading

is

an active listening experience

with

questioning and conversing,

the kiddos and the teacher
 enjoying a story

together.

Shared Reading

promotes

fluency and speed

with

expression and enjoyment

( We like how one teacher calls it

"miles for the tongue")

The text may be

predictable

with

engaging passages

Framed Writing books

allow the kiddos to 

create emergent readers

with predictable structure

and 

key vocabulary.

Popcorn books

provide the kiddos with

word support and pictures clues

to read books 

as well  develop 

writing and spelling vocabularies.

     Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS Almost all of our units include

these types of reading.

Please check out our units! 
PSS We are developing a Gingerbread Man unit
and a Snowman unit!
Both products will include these literacy components too!