Mr. Giso's Ways to Learn at Home #9

"Good Dogs, Great Listeners" 

Read Aloud, Genre Bingo, and What Made You Love Reading Journal

Hello, readers!

This "Ways to Learn at Home" celebrates how we are a community of readers.  Miss Cipoletti is back with a read aloud of the book by Renata Bowers called Good Dogs, Great Listeners.  This book is about a main character named Charlotte.  Charlotte isn't really being a good listener--ever!  She floods the house, gets in to her mom's makeup and has a romping good time that ends up with a leg injury!  What she doesn't do, however, is read.  Charlotte has not yet found her "groove" in her reading community.  Find out about her mischief and reading life by clicking HERE.

Play 3 Levels of Genre Bingo! 

With Your Family

After listening to this book, you learn how Charlotte turned her injury into a positive by reading to her "pets."  One of the things I have taught you about being a good reader is that readers keep track of their reading lives and set goals for reading.  After reading this book, you can start to play my version of Genre Bingo.  To play, just print out the Bingo Boards or list the categories on some scrap paper--you don't need to have a printer, you can just make your own Bingo Boards like the ones I made by clicking HERE.  Remember that a book's genre is the kind of book it is.  There are two categories of genre--fiction and nonfiction.

Write in a Daily Journal after Reading

Mr. Giso's Journal Idea #9

After reading and listening to the book by Renata Bowers, Miss Cipoletti gave you a topic to write about.  In your journal, write about what made you love reading and how you got interested in books.  If you don't consider reading to be one of your favorite things to do...yet... that is OK too.  Write about that too.  Reading is does not come easy for everyone at the same time.

Print out my "Journal Pages" by clicking HERE if you'd like to have some paper.  Thank you, Ms. Cipoletti!