Practice Lessons:
Follow along with Ms. B. as she walks students through a series of lessons that teach children how they can read fiction and nonfiction texts Just click on the links to play Ms. B's videos.
Note: Frog and Friends: Party at the Pond is available through OverDrive (a free service linking public libraries)
OR
you can listen to Ms. B. read Chapter 1 below!
Learn the READS Reading Routine for fiction books:
Step 1: Before you read:
Follow along with Ms. B as she teaches you how to make a "story prediction." What?! You think you already know how to do that? Well, I bet you've never seen it look like this before (14 minutes).
Step 2: Read the story:
Listen as Ms. B reads aloud the first chapter of Frog and Friends: Party at the Pond (5 minutes).
Step 3: After you read:
Watch Ms. B check her story predictions (5 minutes)
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Learn the READS Reading Routine for nonfiction books:
Step 1: Before you read:
Follow along with Ms. B as she teaches you how to make a "main idea prediction." What?! You think you already know how to do that? Well, I bet you've never seen it look like this before (8 1/2 minutes).
Step 2: Read the story:
Listen as Ms. B reads Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate? (13 minutes).
Step 3: After you read:
Watch Ms. B check her main idea predictions (3 minutes)
