Strategic Literacy Week 2 Youngest Learner
Our school is Pre-k through 8th grade. Students in grades K-4 are scheduled for a once-a-week; one hour time period. Other students have flexible scheduling where they come to check out books during the day or come for instructional assistance as requested by the teacher (which can also be utilized by lower grade teachers).
We recently acquired “The Bee Tree” by Patricia Polacco, one of our favorite authors. We love her illustrations and her books are mostly of true experiences from her childhood.
We used this book during our Read-Aloud with Kindergarten through 4th. Questions may vary to the grade level.
Y. What was the girl’s name?
Y. What is a bee tree and the purpose of it?
Y. Why do you suppose grandpa was putting the bees in a jar—what was he going to do with them?
Y. When did grandpa let the bees go?
Y. Why did they build a fire in the tree?
Y. What was the lesson grandpa was trying to teach Mary Ellen?
We have the students draw and color a picture pertaining to the story with title and author on their page.
Shady Point Elementary
Brenda/Sue Library
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2 comments:
That is a super idea!! I could use that in our library. We could also incorporate a word wall as well.
When students are illustrating the story, you could also have them "tell" the story in more than 1 picture depicting beginning, middle, end of the story, or illustrating the new words in the story.
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