This assignment brought back fond memories for me of my favorite childhood T.V. program in school, Reading Rainbow. I was a book worm in school and loved to hear about the new books they introduced at the end. I was glad to see the examples today in class since it was a good reminder of exactly how book talks should be given. Today our group had The Great Kapok Tree. We immediately knew where to go for our background since we needed the jungle atmosphere, and headed to the horticulture building. We finished fairly early and couldn't wait to bring 'life' to our book talk using cool effects in IMovie, voice overs, and music.
As we imported our video into the IMovie program, I thought about the ways I could use this activity in the classroom. I realized the amount of modeling and support I would have to provide the students but knew that it would be worth it. The more practice students would have with this, the more comfortable they would become with it. I thought it could work similar to something I saw during one of my practicums. The teacher had assigned each day of the week to a group of students. These students each had to do a book talk on a book they had picked out the previous week and had read/prepared for that day. They could then give the book they read to another student showing interest, and this continued throughout the year.
I thought this was an excellent way to create a reading community within the classroom. What we did today would be a modification integrating technology. As a teacher I would need to definitely provide additional scaffolding but with the appropriate support, I believe this can be modified to meet elementary students' needs.
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I like the idea of the students doing one book talk a week, and seeing one everyday. This, like you said, gets them comfortable. They will be more willing to share and know it doesn't have to be a big presentation, just sharing your book and telling a little bit about it. I really think it does create a little reading community within your classroom. Book talks especially get students motivated to read. They see what their peers are reading and that gives them ideas of literature to seek out. I know after we did ours in CI 552, I walked away with 4 really good books I wanted to go buy and read.
ReplyDeleteThere are many ways that you could organize and manage this in the classroom. I think one a week is a great idea. It is something maybe everyone can do, but maybe only one group a week make it digital. At least you will have some good examples to share!
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