{"id":1917,"date":"2016-09-14T20:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T03:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T03:35:27","slug":"our-read-aloud-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/2016\/09\/14\/our-read-aloud-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Read Aloud Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_4883-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1919\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_4883-1-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_4883\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_4883-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/files\/2016\/09\/IMG_4883-1.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday we began our daily read aloud: Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. \u00a0We will read a few pages each day after Planners are done. \u00a0Reading a chapter book is a great way to encourage active listening and the expansion of the children&#8217;s vocabulary through her very descriptive and rich writing. \u00a0It is a great introduction to hearing stories that are longer and more involved. \u00a0Novels provide the opportunity to learn delayed gratification (i.e. not having the whole story over in 15 minutes) as well as teaching reflection, prediction, and anticipation. \u00a0I have a recently released special hardcover edition of the novel which has been illustrated throughout.<\/p>\n<p>When we have completed the novel we will take the opportunity to watch the movie. Through this we will compare the book and the movie through their similarities and differences. \u00a0Appreciating that most of the movies that we watch originally came from the written books is also a valuable lesson &#8211; and hopefully will inspire their love of literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday we began our daily read aloud: Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. \u00a0We will read a few pages each day after Planners are done. \u00a0Reading a chapter book is a great way to encourage active listening and the expansion of the children&#8217;s vocabulary through her very descriptive and rich writing. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/2016\/09\/14\/our-read-aloud-novel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Read Aloud Novel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}