Reading in Kindergarten

We are readers!  From day one of kindergarten, students have had books in their hands.  Over the past couple of weeks, we have been working hard at listening to lots of song books, familiar books and have fallen in love with some favorites.  

Each day, students have the opportunity to read.  Students are reflecting on themselves as readers and are sharing the kind of reader he/she is...

"I am the kind of reader who reads the pictures."

"I am the kind of reader who reads books I have heard before."

"I am the kind of reader who reads books that are my favorites."

"I am the kind of reader who reads song books."

"I am the kind of reader who reads some words."

Students are learning to pick reading spots and thinking about the book choices they are making.  

Students enjoy partner read days when they can read together.  Singing our class songs together is a favorite past time.

Students are beginning to identify what readers do when they are beginning to read predictable grade level texts.  So far we have talked about:

~Look at the pictures

~Use the pattern

~Point to the words

We are Authors!

We have been working so hard on our first books.  During writer's workshop, I have been reading many books to help kids understand that some books are storybooks (fiction) and some are all about books (non-fiction).

Students got to choose if they were going to make a storybook or an all about book to teach us.  I modeled how to tell a story using the pictures since many of us aren't the kind of writers who write words YET.

Students persevered for many days to add colors and details to their books.  We looked at many books that our fellow crew members were writing.  We noticed that books that had 5 or more colors were easier to read and that details helped us understand the book.

Today we loved sharing our books with our fellow kindergarten crew in the library.  Each student read his/her book in the library to celebrate our hard work.  We will be sending these books home in Thursday folders.