Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Book Reporting




Arrival time at school is busy and hectic.    Taking attendance, lunch counts, visits to the library to check out or return books.  Some kids stop to talk to me about the books they read.  Often they will tell me the book was good was “good” or “ok".  Some will stop  however  some stop for a minute and give details of the story and how it didn’t end how they expected.  Some will talk about the characters in the book and how they changed throughout the book.  Some students will give recommendations and tell me how they think it would be a  good  book for me to read.  



Recently one girl stopped to tell me that her Aunt bought her a book for her a book for her birthday because she thought she would love it.  Every day she would stop to tell me about the book.  She was so excited about  the book.  She would share details of the story, talk about the characters, make predictions about what was going to happen next,  and how she couldn’t wait to read the next book in the series. You could tell by the tone of her voice and the smile on her face that she was  really enjoying this  book.  (You picked a good one Auntie!)    




The  point is that kids want to talk about what they read.  They want to report to someone that will listen to their opinion.  They want to tell someone about what they’ve learned or read.  As we all know some kids are talkers and some are not.  So the next  time you ask your child how was their day and they say “fine”  ask them what they read that day.  Ask them a questions about it.  Ask them about the characters, the story, their predictions and whether they would recommend the book to someone.  If its a non fiction ask them to tell you something new that they know about the topic.  Ask them if they want to know more about it.  It’s motivating to talk about books.  




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