1st Grade Wonders & Unite for Literacy
This year I have been investigating the question, "Who am I as a reader?" with my students in grades 1-5. In this 1st grade lesson we do a little wondering and investigating to dig deeper into our wonders. I partnered a picture book and Unite for Literacy . Standards AASL: Inquire/Think I.A.1 Formulating questions about a personal interest or a curricular topic We began with this read aloud I asked students to write/draw about this question. Student wonders (animals were a common theme). We shared these with each other. At the end of the class we shared what we listened to. My takeaways I can not speak highly enough about Unite for Literacy. I love how easy it is to browse. I love how students can listen! I love that you can read/listen in languages other than English. A picture book and some book browsing feels so good to me! I miss the physical browsing, but Unite for Literacy makes it feel *almost* like we are doing that. Students were...