Shared Reading Meanies Day 5

Before ReadingStudents preview the story with the teacher creating the Q and A sentence strips that will be read in the during reading portion.
During Reading
Students read with the teacher. Half of the students read the question. Half the students read the answer. The question is written on one color sentence strip. The answer is written [...]

Shared Reading Meanies Day 4

Before ReadingDiscuss the difference between mean and nice.
Setting PurposeToday while reading the students will rewrite the Meanies version into the Nicies version by adding sentence strips.
What do meanies do? Meanies drink their bath water, but nicies drink clean water.
During ReadingRead each page chorally, then discuss what the nicies could do. Teacher writes the sentence strip.

After [...]

Shared Reading Meanies Day 3

Before ReadingAsk the students to think about, “What do meanies do?”
Have the students look at the chart where the teacher has listed the actions of the meanies: sleep, wash, drink, eat, drive, do.
Setting Purpose During ReadingWhile we are reading, think about what do meanies do.
Look at your meanie. What is your meanie doing? When you [...]

Shared Reading Meanies Day 2

Before ReadingActivating Understanding of the VocabularyDiscuss and Act out the verbs: sleep, wash, eat, drink, drive, do. Each child pretends to sleep. Each child pretends to wash. Etc.
Reviewing the Story Using the VocabularyThe teacher quickly turns from page to page and reviews the page. Each verb is highlighted with highlighter tape. The children notice sleep. [...]

Shared Reading Meanies Day 1

Meanies by Joy Cowley

Before Reading

What do you notice?

K: I notice…
K: I notice…
K: I notice…

Setting Purpose
Today while you are listening to me read the story, think about if you want to be a meanie. I want to be a meanie because… OR I do not want to be a meanie because…

During Reading
On Day one, the teacher [...]