Relating to real life. Teachers can connect the events in the story to the kids' real - life experiences. For example, if the story is about a birthday party, the teacher can talk about the kids' own birthday parties. This makes the story more relevant and interesting for the first graders, and also helps them to better understand the story.
Teachers can start by introducing the book, showing the cover and asking students to predict what the story might be about. During the reading, they can stop at certain points to explain new words or concepts. After reading, they can have students act out parts of the story. This not only makes the reading more fun but also helps students remember the story better. They can also create reading comprehension worksheets based on these fictions, focusing on things like sequencing events or identifying characters' feelings.
Simple vocabulary. First grade guided reading stories usually have easy words that young kids can understand. For example, words like 'cat', 'dog', 'run', 'jump'.
Teachers can use third grade fill in stories as a warm - up activity at the beginning of the class. They can choose a simple story with basic vocabulary for this. By doing this, it gets the students' minds engaged in English right away. During the filling in process, teachers can walk around the classroom, observe the students' progress, and offer individual guidance. Also, teachers can ask students to rewrite the whole story after filling in the blanks, which helps in reinforcing grammar and writing skills.
They can also create activities based on CVC stories. For example, make a word hunt where students look for specific CVC words in the story. This engages the students and makes the reading more interactive. Teachers can then use the CVC stories to teach word families. By highlighting words with the same vowel sound, like 'cat', 'map', and 'cap', students can learn about phonetic patterns more easily.
They can look at the interests of the students. If the students like adventure stories, then select guided reading stories in that genre. Also, teachers need to think about the language complexity. It should match the students' current capabilities so that they can understand and learn from the stories.
Teachers can use them for reading comprehension exercises. For example, ask students questions about the plot or characters after reading a 3rd grade level story.
Teachers can play the audio and have students read along silently first to get a feel for the story. Then, they can play it again while students read aloud. This helps correct pronunciation.
Teachers can use stories to illustrate moral lessons. For example, if a story is about sharing, after reading, the teacher can ask children how they would share in a similar situation. This makes the concept more tangible for them.
You can start by choosing simple and engaging street story books with colorful pictures. Make the reading fun with voices and expressions.
Teachers can use them for reading aloud sessions to introduce new vocabulary and pronunciation.