Shared Reading the Interactive Reader “My Groovy Buttons”
Many of the Kinderplans lessons use an emergent reader that is related to the “Read Aloud” selection as a means to teach many of the curriculum outcomes. The emergent reader found within the mini-lesson was created for the purpose of shared and guided reading activities related to the read-aloud.
-Project emergent reader “My Groovy Buttons” on the Whiteboard or in a pocket chart with the words enlarged.
-Read the title of the selection. Do a picture walk of the selection and discuss what might be happening on each page and how it might relate to the story you just read to them, “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin. Discuss the interactive component, which is to color, add facial features and the correct amount of buttons. The photograph above displays a completed page.
-Read the selection to the children modeling the reading process completing the interactive component as you read (add buttons and facial features to each picture).
-Read again, choosing different students to be the word pointer.