25 Days of Classrooms: Stories that Come to Life!

Sunday, December 24, 2017

This month I am sharing stories from
classrooms in Berwyn South District 100.

Day 22: Stories that Come to Life with Hiawatha Kindergarten

   

      In Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Alper, Mrs. Tameling, and Ms. Gelacios' kindergarten rooms, they start the fall off reading fairy tales. They read lots of fairy tales, and they talk about what makes it a fairy tale.  But, they don't stop there.  Let's use The Three Little Pigs, for example.

 They try some real porridge.

 They analyze and graph the stories.
 
 

They make houses out of sticks, bricks, and straw, and try to huff and puff and blow them down (with a hairdryer!).


     The kindergarten team at Hiawatha does a really nice job of bringing the stories they read to life.  Literacy is not just about reading the words on the page.  It's about making meaning and learning about the world, too.  They need to be able to read the pictures, read the words, retell the stories, and learn life lessons in the process.

     They don't stop making books come to life in the fall, though.  They continue it all year long!  Here is what they were up to last week when they read The Gingerbread Man!  Click the link in the tweet below, or take this link to watch a video of The Gingerbread Man coming to life.  :)




      Thanks, Kara, Melissa, Rita, and Lily for making literacy FUN!  A shout out goes to Jodi Meyer for being the Gingerbread Man, and to Kirstin McGinnis for supporting the fun.

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