BP5_2010032_Web2.0 Tool2_bookr

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

I will use this tool for my students to create a book about animals found in the farm and animals found in the zoo. I can also make a book about colors with different objects. Another one is book about jobs, for example a picture of a doctor, nurse, fireman, barber, dentist, mailman, hairdresser and other community helpers. The books you can make are endless depending on your imagination and availability of pictures on flickr.

By making these books student will recognize that print carries a message. They can also recognize the difference between a letter and a printed word. They can identify different parts of a book (e.g., front and back covers). Students can hold a book right side up, turn pages one at a time, and imitate reading behavior by moving top to bottom or left to right. And hopefully, later on identify a sentence made up of a group of words.

READ-ALOUD EXPERIENCE

I can sit in a low child-size chair while my students can sit on the floor in a semi-circle. I will hold the book so the children can se the pages and read it from beginning to end, without stopping to comment or ask questions.

POST-READING ACTIVITY

After reading the book to children, let’s say about animals on the farm. They can go back to their tables and take their journal to create or draw the animals that they remember from the story or from their own experiences. They can try to write the names of the animals even if it is not on the right spelling. They can do inventive spelling that sounds almost the same with the right word.

REINFORCEMENT

I can start making a theme or thematic unit about animals in every center. Library center has to have books about animals. Listening center should have books on CD’s with farm animal themes like Old McDonald. Computer centre should have games that show animal making sounds. The science center should have toys of animal figures.

To succeed in today’s high-tech society, children will need to know how to make meaning not just from text but also from the vast amount of information conveyed through images (Smolin & Lawless 2003).

REFERENCE:

Smolin, L., & Lawless, K. (2003). Becoming literate in the technological age: New responsibilities and tools for teachers. Reading Teacher, 56(6), 570. Retrieved from Humanities International Complete database.