Wednesday, January 30, 2008
NoteBlog_ChoralReading
I thought Choral Reading was a good experience and something I had not thought a lot about using. It was really interesting the way each group in class read their story differently.Our group read Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear and took turns each saying one part, other groups read the story all together, echoed each other, or added more people saying it together each time. Giving students choices about what ways to do the choral reading makes it more interesting and gives students a sense of ownership for their performance. Choral reading was fun, and I can imagine my students would like it as well. It will be a great way to improve fluency and foster enjoyment.
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I agree, I thought choral readings were an interesting way to incorporate different reading styles into the classroom. I had never really thought about using this type of reading with a class either, and I was very curious to see how students would respond to it.
I actually attempted a choral reading with my second grade field study class last Thursday, and this experience left me with even more questions about choral readings. I am curious if there is a certain way that choral readings should be done with younger students that would be most effective or successful. I tried doing the choral reading with the entire class as a whole and I'm not sure the students really got what I wanted them to get out of the activity. I would like to try this type of reading again with smaller groups of students as opposed to the whole class.
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