If we were still physically going to school, I would continue to read to my kindergarten ELL students a story every lesson. We would continue to be learning about the features of a story such as the characters, setting, plot, and the problem and solution. Before reading, we would look at the title and picture walk through the book and make our predictions about what will happen. After reading we would check our predictions and then do an activity. Children would be practicing their listening and speaking skills while developing more vocabulary. In Term 3, my plan was to read some fairy tales and fables.
Your classroom teacher has prepared lots of amazing learning opportunities for child. If there is time after doing their assigned work, your child may like to listen to a fairy tale or fable and do an activity that helps with the sequencing of events and the retelling of a story. I have attached a page with 6 pictures.
click here – The Lion and the Mouse
If your child likes to colour, they could colour in the pictures as a pre-reading activity. You could talk about:
- How many characters can you see?
- Where is this story taking place?
- What do you think will happen?
Instead of a read aloud, the child can watch this video.
After watching the video, cut the page into the 6 sections. Ask your child to put them in order. Send me a picture if you can. I would love to see it! You can send it to nicole.quin@burnabyschools.ca
Invite them to retell the story. If they are reluctant to respond you can prompt with questions and words. Here are some examples:
- What happened first and point to picture #1, second, third, fourth, fifth, finally pointing to the pictures each time.
- Or use leading phrases followed by a question for each picture, e.g. When the mouse got caught, what happened? When the mouse bit the rope …what happened next?
- They could just describe what happened in the beginning, the middle, the end of the video story.
- You could ask ‘What is the problem in the story? What is the solution (How did they solve the problem? This may still be difficult for many of the children to express in words. That’s okay.
I hope you and your child enjoy this activity!