We have begun a new unit in our
Open Court reading series,
Our Neighborhood at Work. This unit explores a plethora of occupations and how the workers help their surrounding community. This mirrors nicely our unit on community in social studies we are concurrently studying.
Each unit in
Open Court begins with a read aloud connected to the theme. During this opening story, I do not show the children the illustrations. The children are instead encouraged to draw a picture while I read out loud to them. Their picture may be an illustration inspired by the story, a personal connection to the story, or even a picture about the unit's theme. The children then add the read aloud's title to their creation (remembering to capitalize the beginning letter of each word and underlining said title) and take turns sharing their picture on the ELMO with the class. We thoroughly enjoy this activity!
This unit's initial read aloud is called
Wake Up, City! by Alvin Tresselt. Here are some pictures the children created while they enjoyed this reading selection about a city coming to life in the morning.
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