Your enthusiasm was very contagious. I know it is hard to be last cause the class is getting restless but you did a great job of engaging us Your idea and examples of props were so fun – the kids in my grade two class would have died of excitement! And I liked the cross-curricular possibilities (art projects) I like the idea of letting students listen to audio so they would hear what good reading sounds like and them allowing them to tape themselves. Great way to teach them to read with expression and enthusiasm Choral reading is so perfect for this grade level and for different levels of readers (struggling, ESL) - great idea!
Great props – thank you for bringing them in and sharing a copy of your script with everybody. I once went to a workshop where we did some choral reading on “Goldie’s Lock”, your presentation brought my fun memories back. You did an awesome job of engaging everybody, even thought you were the last presenters. I loved that you brought some examples of stories available on tape/cd. There are great for modeling to kids, not only the fluency but also voice expression as well. Great job!
Great idea! - I liked your suggestions regarding intonation: listening to audio that demonstrates good use of voice and expression and students practicing with a partner or recording their reading. - You provided us with a lot of things to consider when using reader’s theatre. Thanks! - Loved that you had props for us to see. For younger students, the props would definitely add to the excitement. For older students, the props could be designed and made by the class, giving them ownership over their production. (Especially for Christmas Concerts ☺)
Group 4: Reader’s Theatre 2 It was very interesting to see another version of Reader’s Theatre presented. The props you included were wonderful; I could tell you had put a lot of hard work into this lesson. The choral reading was a great way to involve all students. My only question is how would one accurately assess individual students’ reading ability and fluency when they are reading as a class?
Reader’s theatre: Three little pigs: I appreciate the enthusiasm that you started your lesson with. I find that sometimes a good hook can make or break a lesson. This class was the first time I witnessed reader’s theatre and you betcha I will be using in my 405 practicum. I love how you make it so easy for students during the choral reading. Highlighting the text makes it easy for the students. Also, the choral reading allows for the lesser readers to participate and not get overwhelmed. I love the fact that the group pointed that out. Great job! The props were awesome, like you guys said they are not necessary but it gives the lesson a little added oomph! Great job, you are a great ambassadors’ for reading theatre.
I really liked this presentation. The choral reading for all wolves and pig were excellent ideas! It sure helps kids to work on their fluency pretty quickly!
I also liked that the 3 of you were very energetic. I liked the fact that you had expectations or criteria for doing Reader's Theatre. Cute script too!
I also did my paper on readers theatre and I thought this was so great! The props were brilliant and very much added to the lesson. I thought that starting with a choral reading the way you did was ideal. I think most students would be able to engage and have fun this way. Pre-highlighting the parts was also awesome. It was really fun to be part of this lesson.
Great props- thank you bringing them in and sharing with us. The props brought enthusiasm and fun to the lesson. I was curious to see what you will do with the houses, and these houses looked very nice. It showed that you all have put lots of hard work in the preparation of the lesson. I learned how to make a quick house in a class. I really enjoyed the choral reading, and I think this was a great way to engage the whole class. I loved the idea of audio tapes. I like the information about recording voices of students on tapes. This is a great way to teach students about intonations, and vocal colouring.
This was such an interesting presentation. I LOVE the choral reading idea. It's something I am definately going to try to encorporate into my 405 practicum. The template provided are excellent. You basically did the work for me!
Overall, I thought this presentation was alot of fun. The information was provided at a good pace, and the visuals were very interesting.
Excellent presentation group 4! The props were excellent! It is always wonderful to see another groups version of a similar idea, your version of Readers Theatre was very different from that of the first group yet equally interesting. I loved participating in the choral reading activity, I think this is a great strategy to ensure all members of the class (low, average and high ability) equally participate in the activity.
This presentation's choral reading was really cool to be able to be a part of because it revealed the different ways that Readers Theatre could be done. I thought I understood what choral reading was (as it talks about it in the text), but I had not actually seen it action before. I will certainly practice this in my own class. Reason being, is I think it would be really useful in helping struggling readers, as they would be reading aloud in a group and not on their own, which can be very intimidating. I really enjoyed how the choral reading was shown to be a good exercise for the beginning of a Readers Theatre unit, to get the students both comfortable and familiar with the idea of reading from scripts. The story choice was fantastic too. It was great hearing all the interpretations of the wolf and pig voices!
I like how your group said that you didn't even mean to create a choral reading lesson and it just happened that way. It's always fun when things work out for the best! I like how it was your goal to have the entire class get involved. That definitely eliminates the fear of students being left out or being "bored" waiting for their turn to come. Thank you for talking about the topic of the three little pigs. That will be a great hook for our presentation next class! A good job overall! :)
Hi Group 4, You guys had a really great presentation. Although there already was a reader’s theatre presentation, I learned a lot from your presentation. I really liked the idea of letting students listen to Robert Munch so that they would know how you should sound when you read. It was also a great idea to tape record their voices. You took into consideration that students are at different reading levels, and thus incorporated choral reading. Thank you for giving us all the script and masks, I would love to try it out with a class.
Group 4: It is amazing how two presentations on the same “topic” could be so different, yet equally informative. I thought that your presentation was great in so many ways. Having never witnessed choral reading before, I really appreciated the opportunity to learn about it “hands-on”. It was a lot of fun and it includes all levels of readers to ensure success of all students; two very important aspects of developing lifelong readers. I also really liked how you not only explained the purpose and expectations of reader’s theatre to us, but you also did the same for your “students”. I have always thought that this is an important way to make students aware, accountable, and active in their learning. Your “hook” of having students listen to Robert Munsch reading his books on tape was awesome. I have had the pleasure of listening to him read live and he is a great model for students to learn how to read with excitement and expression. Giving students the opportunity to record their own voices is a wonderful extension and an effective way for them to improve their own expressive reading. Last, but not least, your props were amazing. And while I understand that they are not necessary for successful reader’s theatre, I believe that props certainly enhance the students’ engagement and the audience’s enjoyment. Thanks again for a great presentation; I can’t wait to do reader’s theatre in my class!! Shanie
Unfortuantly, I was not able to stay for the presentation, but I can imagine that is was great. One of the things that I noticed was the props that you brought in that you used during your presentation. I think it is very important to bring props into lessons as much as possible because it acts like a hook. When I walked into the room, I was curious as to what the houses are for. I think that if we can engage the students prior to the lesson, they will be more attentive as they want to find out what they are all about.
Great presentation! I learned a lot from it, even though we had already done a Reader's Theatre lesson. You gave us some good suggestions, such as using a mirror for facial expresssions and listening to tapes of stories being read. I loved your masks and houses - they really added to the atmosphere and the fun. Thank you!
I thought this presentation was the perfect accompaniment to the first one using the Readers Theatre strategy! It was great that both groups highlighted different age groups. Your presentation on the, “Three Little Pigs,” was energetic and engaging and provided the class with many great ideas to use with primary students. I liked how you talked about the importance of reviewing with the children characteristics of a good audience, as this is certainly valuable when dealing with primary students. I thought your preparation strategies were very innovative, i.e. recording students reading their given scripts so that they can hear what they sound like and make improvements to their overall clarity, expression and pace; as well as encouraging them to look at the way they articulate themselves in the mirror and them go about making improvements to their facial expressions, etc. Lastly, I think choral reading is truly a wonderful method of involving and engaging all learners, despite varying levels of English language proficiency inevitably present within every classroom. You found a great way of promoting full class participation in a safe classroom environment that embraces the diverse needs of all learners. Excellent work and thank you for all your thoughtful ideas! P.S. LOVED the props! I will definitely be borrowing that idea!
I was quite amazed of the other group who did the reader’s theatre since their approach are completely different than our group, which reinforce the idea that everyone is different and thus the ideas are different. I really enjoyed the pre lesson with the facial expressions since it can helps students remember that when they speak with a certain tone, it will be more convincing if they have the facial expression that goes along with it. I also liked the choral reading and how it can be a great introduction lesson to reader’s theatre and how it can be useful with ESL or LD students since they have other group mates to help them with the speech. ESL students can feel safer since they have other students to read along with them. Our group never thought of that!
Gotta say, Love your props! Its a great hook to get students curious about what they will be doing that day.
I really like the idea of choral reading different parts. It will let struggling readers participate without feeling self-conscious or feel like they were put on the spot. It was also a lot of fun to read the wolf part in choral read, its really hard to coordinate the 'huffs and puffs'.
Your enthusiasm was very contagious. I know it is hard to be last cause the class is getting restless but you did a great job of engaging us
ReplyDeleteYour idea and examples of props were so fun – the kids in my grade two class would have died of excitement! And I liked the cross-curricular possibilities (art projects)
I like the idea of letting students listen to audio so they would hear what good reading sounds like and them allowing them to tape themselves. Great way to teach them to read with expression and enthusiasm
Choral reading is so perfect for this grade level and for different levels of readers (struggling, ESL) - great idea!
Great props – thank you for bringing them in and sharing a copy of your script with everybody. I once went to a workshop where we did some choral reading on “Goldie’s Lock”, your presentation brought my fun memories back. You did an awesome job of engaging everybody, even thought you were the last presenters. I loved that you brought some examples of stories available on tape/cd. There are great for modeling to kids, not only the fluency but also voice expression as well. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDelete- I liked your suggestions regarding intonation: listening to audio that demonstrates good use of voice and expression and students practicing with a partner or recording their reading.
- You provided us with a lot of things to consider when using reader’s theatre. Thanks!
- Loved that you had props for us to see. For younger students, the props would definitely add to the excitement. For older students, the props could be designed and made by the class, giving them ownership over their production. (Especially for Christmas Concerts ☺)
Group 4: Reader’s Theatre 2
ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting to see another version of Reader’s Theatre presented. The props you included were wonderful; I could tell you had put a lot of hard work into this lesson. The choral reading was a great way to involve all students. My only question is how would one accurately assess individual students’ reading ability and fluency when they are reading as a class?
Reader’s theatre: Three little pigs:
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the enthusiasm that you started your lesson with. I find that sometimes a good hook can make or break a lesson. This class was the first time I witnessed reader’s theatre and you betcha I will be using in my 405 practicum. I love how you make it so easy for students during the choral reading. Highlighting the text makes it easy for the students. Also, the choral reading allows for the lesser readers to participate and not get overwhelmed. I love the fact that the group pointed that out. Great job! The props were awesome, like you guys said they are not necessary but it gives the lesson a little added oomph! Great job, you are a great ambassadors’ for reading theatre.
I really liked this presentation. The choral reading for all wolves and pig were excellent ideas! It sure helps kids to work on their fluency pretty quickly!
ReplyDeleteI also liked that the 3 of you were very energetic. I liked the fact that you had expectations or criteria for doing Reader's Theatre. Cute script too!
I also did my paper on readers theatre and I thought this was so great! The props were brilliant and very much added to the lesson. I thought that starting with a choral reading the way you did was ideal. I think most students would be able to engage and have fun this way. Pre-highlighting the parts was also awesome. It was really fun to be part of this lesson.
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Great props- thank you bringing them in and sharing with us. The props brought enthusiasm and fun to the lesson. I was curious to see what you will do with the houses, and these houses looked very nice. It showed that you all have put lots of hard work in the preparation of the lesson. I learned how to make a quick house in a class. I really enjoyed the choral reading, and I think this was a great way to engage the whole class. I loved the idea of audio tapes. I like the information about recording voices of students on tapes. This is a great way to teach students about intonations, and vocal colouring.
ReplyDeleteThis was such an interesting presentation. I LOVE the choral reading idea. It's something I am definately going to try to encorporate into my 405 practicum. The template provided are excellent. You basically did the work for me!
ReplyDeleteOverall, I thought this presentation was alot of fun. The information was provided at a good pace, and the visuals were very interesting.
Great job!!!
Excellent presentation group 4! The props were excellent! It is always wonderful to see another groups version of a similar idea, your version of Readers Theatre was very different from that of the first group yet equally interesting. I loved participating in the choral reading activity, I think this is a great strategy to ensure all members of the class (low, average and high ability) equally participate in the activity.
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ReplyDeleteThis presentation's choral reading was really cool to be able to be a part of because it revealed the different ways that Readers Theatre could be done. I thought I understood what choral reading was (as it talks about it in the text), but I had not actually seen it action before. I will certainly practice this in my own class. Reason being, is I think it would be really useful in helping struggling readers, as they would be reading aloud in a group and not on their own, which can be very intimidating. I really enjoyed how the choral reading was shown to be a good exercise for the beginning of a Readers Theatre unit, to get the students both comfortable and familiar with the idea of reading from scripts. The story choice was fantastic too. It was great hearing all the interpretations of the wolf and pig voices!
ReplyDeleteI like how your group said that you didn't even mean to create a choral reading lesson and it just happened that way. It's always fun when things work out for the best! I like how it was your goal to have the entire class get involved. That definitely eliminates the fear of students being left out or being "bored" waiting for their turn to come.
ReplyDeleteThank you for talking about the topic of the three little pigs. That will be a great hook for our presentation next class!
A good job overall! :)
Hi Group 4,
ReplyDeleteYou guys had a really great presentation. Although there already was a reader’s theatre presentation, I learned a lot from your presentation. I really liked the idea of letting students listen to Robert Munch so that they would know how you should sound when you read. It was also a great idea to tape record their voices. You took into consideration that students are at different reading levels, and thus incorporated choral reading. Thank you for giving us all the script and masks, I would love to try it out with a class.
Group 4:
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how two presentations on the same “topic” could be so different, yet equally informative. I thought that your presentation was great in so many ways. Having never witnessed choral reading before, I really appreciated the opportunity to learn about it “hands-on”. It was a lot of fun and it includes all levels of readers to ensure success of all students; two very important aspects of developing lifelong readers. I also really liked how you not only explained the purpose and expectations of reader’s theatre to us, but you also did the same for your “students”. I have always thought that this is an important way to make students aware, accountable, and active in their learning. Your “hook” of having students listen to Robert Munsch reading his books on tape was awesome. I have had the pleasure of listening to him read live and he is a great model for students to learn how to read with excitement and expression. Giving students the opportunity to record their own voices is a wonderful extension and an effective way for them to improve their own expressive reading. Last, but not least, your props were amazing. And while I understand that they are not necessary for successful reader’s theatre, I believe that props certainly enhance the students’ engagement and the audience’s enjoyment. Thanks again for a great presentation; I can’t wait to do reader’s theatre in my class!!
Shanie
Unfortuantly, I was not able to stay for the presentation, but I can imagine that is was great. One of the things that I noticed was the props that you brought in that you used during your presentation. I think it is very important to bring props into lessons as much as possible because it acts like a hook. When I walked into the room, I was curious as to what the houses are for. I think that if we can engage the students prior to the lesson, they will be more attentive as they want to find out what they are all about.
ReplyDeleteGreat presentation! I learned a lot from it, even though we had already done a Reader's Theatre lesson. You gave us some good suggestions, such as using a mirror for facial expresssions and listening to tapes of stories being read. I loved your masks and houses - they really added to the atmosphere and the fun.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I thought this presentation was the perfect accompaniment to the first one using the Readers Theatre strategy! It was great that both groups highlighted different age groups. Your presentation on the, “Three Little Pigs,” was energetic and engaging and provided the class with many great ideas to use with primary students. I liked how you talked about the importance of reviewing with the children characteristics of a good audience, as this is certainly valuable when dealing with primary students. I thought your preparation strategies were very innovative, i.e. recording students reading their given scripts so that they can hear what they sound like and make improvements to their overall clarity, expression and pace; as well as encouraging them to look at the way they articulate themselves in the mirror and them go about making improvements to their facial expressions, etc. Lastly, I think choral reading is truly a wonderful method of involving and engaging all learners, despite varying levels of English language proficiency inevitably present within every classroom. You found a great way of promoting full class participation in a safe classroom environment that embraces the diverse needs of all learners. Excellent work and thank you for all your thoughtful ideas! P.S. LOVED the props! I will definitely be borrowing that idea!
ReplyDeleteI was quite amazed of the other group who did the reader’s theatre since their approach are completely different than our group, which reinforce the idea that everyone is different and thus the ideas are different. I really enjoyed the pre lesson with the facial expressions since it can helps students remember that when they speak with a certain tone, it will be more convincing if they have the facial expression that goes along with it. I also liked the choral reading and how it can be a great introduction lesson to reader’s theatre and how it can be useful with ESL or LD students since they have other group mates to help them with the speech. ESL students can feel safer since they have other students to read along with them. Our group never thought of that!
ReplyDeleteGotta say, Love your props! Its a great hook to get students curious about what they will be doing that day.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of choral reading different parts. It will let struggling readers participate without feeling self-conscious or feel like they were put on the spot. It was also a lot of fun to read the wolf part in choral read, its really hard to coordinate the 'huffs and puffs'.