1. Tonya Nichols: Preschool
2. Benchmark 3.1: Shows enjoyment of books and stories and discussion of them.
2.1. Objectives
2.1.1. 1. By the end of this unit, students will show interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
2.1.1.1. Scaffold Strategy: Show and Tell
2.1.2. 2. By the end of this unit, students will ask and answer questions and make comments about print materials.
2.1.2.1. Scaffold Strategy: Pause, Ask Questions, Pause, Review
2.1.3. 3. By the end of this unit, students will correctly recount key details from a book/story.
2.1.3.1. Scaffold Strategy: Use Visual Aids
2.1.4. 4. By the end of this unit, students will demonstrate knowledge of characters, settings, and major events in a book/story.
2.1.4.1. Scaffold Strategy: Give time to talk
2.1.5. 5. By the end of this unit, students will summarize a book/story by making a beginning, middle, and end foldable.
2.1.5.1. Scaffold Strategy: Pre-Teach Vocabulary
2.2. "Big Ideas"
2.2.1. * Enjoyment of Books
2.2.2. * Discussion of books
2.2.3. * To understand materials read and know the characters, setting, and main ideas of the text.
2.2.4. * To understand the story enough to retell it using a felt board.
2.2.5. * Learning the meaning of beginning, middle, and end of a book.
2.2.6. * Print conveys a message
2.3. Key Factors
2.3.1. Visual Learners
2.3.1.1. These students need the visual aids and Pre-taught vocab.
2.3.2. Auditory Learners
2.3.2.1. These students need the questions about the books and the time to talk to process the content of the book.
2.3.3. Kinesthetic Learners
2.3.3.1. These students need to DO to understand new content so they gain more understanding from the show and tell strategy.