Miss+Alaineus+Interactive+Read+Aloud

Dr. McKool ELD 308 ** // Miss Alaineus  // ****  : Interactive Read Aloud  ** ** Grade  ** : 5 ** Time  ** : 15 minutes ** Standard  ** : 3.4.4 A. Active Listening  1. Listen actively for a variety of purposes such as enjoyment and obtaining information. ** Objective  ** : The student will listen as the teacher reads aloud, stopping to make predictions, connections and wonderings. ** Materials  ** : // Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster //By: Debra Frasier ** Lesson Sequence:  **  · ** Before Reading:  **  o “Boys and girls, today I brought you one of my favorite books! It is called // Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster //. What can you predict about this book by looking at the cover? The name Miss Alaineus sounds like a word I know. What does miscellaneous mean? Let’s begin reading and see what happens in this vocabulary disaster!”  · ** During Reading:  **  o Stop reading occasionally to re-engage or to clarify vocabulary. A few suggested questions for throughout the story:  § Who is telling the story?  § In the first paragraph, the narrator says, “Forest is not // a thicket of trees //. Forest is a boy.” What does she include in the text about the word or name Forest?  § The class is going to have a Vocabulary Bee, what might students do at a Vocabulary Bee?  § Why are Sage’s classmates laughing?  § What do you predict might happen next?  · ** After Reading:  **  o “What problem did Sage encounter in the story?”  o “How did she fix it?”  o “What does that tell Sage’s classmates about her?” ** Assessment:  ** I will know if students were successful if they made reasonable predictions, interesting observations and asked questions.