Reading books at the lesson

We all know that we have to read more and encourage our students to read more too, and we as teachers of English are supposed to promote reading English books. A good idea would be to start reading English books to our 1st Graders so that it was an ordinary thing for them to reach for an English book later. You think they won't understand anything? You have to try.

In this article you'll find out about the book for children by an English author Nick Sharratt whose works are always a great hit at the lesson with my younger learners. Actually, this books can be most suitable for 6-9 year olds who are learning Eglish as their second language.
What is special about them? They are humorous and interractive. There is always something in these books that you can touch, rotate or where a child can peep inside. I also use them to teach my own child English. We start learning storytelling for children as well.

As you understand, these books are useful for teaching English words and structures. Now you'll find out how I suggest doing it.

1. One of my favourites is A SHARK IN THE PARK
This books is fantastic as it arouses curiosity. The photos show how it looks inside:

What can we do with it at the lesson?

1. Before reading aloud, I bring some objects from the book.
* telescope, you can make one from the paper rolls
*a toy of a shark
*a toy of a cat
*a picture of a crow
*an illustration of a park
*a flashcard of Dad
You can bring pictures only but objects work
best. Next we try to predict what is this book going to be about.

2. Pupils name the objects or guess how they may sound in English.

3. They name other words (verbs, nouns or adjectives) connected with the things, with or without my help.
For the telescope it can be see, touch, for shark- bite, sharp, huge, for cat - it's colour, actions it can do, for crow - black, fly, clever, for park - flowers, grass, walk, for dad - tall, black hair, walk and so on.

3. We divide the things into groups 'NEW - OLD words', 'containing letter A', 'SHORT-LONG WORDS',

4. Now it's time to read aloud and find out what it is about?
While reading your pupils may guess who Timothy really sees through his telescope.

5. We mime the story of Timothy, looking up and down, looking all around.

6. Next we replace the things that Timothy sees by some other that could suit a hole We draw them and fit into the book.

7. And finally, we make up the new story replacing the key words with our own ideas.

Download the book by Nick Sharratt here.



 

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