The Little Little Girl with the Big Big Voice
(amazon link)Kristen Balouch (Author & Illustrator)
Topics: drama, inferring
Let me say this loud and clear. “THIS IS A FUN BOOK!” In fact, when I saw this book it screamed, “BUY ME!” This simple story is useful at the beginning of the year when you are teaching appropriate voice volume and you are focusing on classroom management. It also works beautifully if you want to zoom in on inferring. So if your classroom sounds like a jungle, open the book and try this lesson. You can cover the little girl and lead your children through prediction and inferring as you read the book. It also makes a great book for adding drama to your room. Give a child with a loud voice a chance to use it in a dramatic retelling of the story. Invite students to play the roles of the girl, the elephant, the snake, the crocodile and the lion. Prepare the actors by talking about how each of the animals would move and what they were doing in the story.
For more details about this lesson, visit my blog: ABCs of Reading: Integrating the ARTS with BOOKS to teach COMPREHENSION Strategies.
Jayne Gammons, Gr. K
Springdale Elementary
Macon, GA
