Mr. Maykut's Readers

Students have been learning that as readers, they get to decide HOW to read a book.  Everyone was given the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly to read.  First, good readers look through the book so they can decide how to they should read it and then they practice.  Reading with expression is something students have been working on for a while so this was their opportunity to shine.  Many students came up with funny voices and some added sound effects.  Today students were ready to show off their reading skills by sharing their books with a small group of kindergarten students.

There was an old lady...

... who swallowed a fly!

I don't know why she swallowed a fly!

Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird!

How absurd to swallow a bird!

She swallowed the bird to catch the fly!

I don't know why she swallowed the fly!

Perhaps she'll die!

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat...