We talked about his theme (ponder) and how he used repetitive wording and make believe words in his poem.

Their understanding of the story truly deepened each time we revisited the story and they knew it! Asking text dependent questions during each read-aloud really gets my students thinking about the text in a different way each time we take a closer look.įinally, we revisited the page in the book with Ramon’s art inspired ish writing and together, we studied how he crafted his ish poem. They were all begging me to revisit Ish a third time. I love it when my students beg me to read a read-aloud story again. My students loved drawing what they thought some of the ish words looked like. Next, we revisited the story and focused on the meaning of the suffix -ish: kind-of like, similar to, or creatively. We talked about how there isn’t always a “right” way to do something and it is more important to be creative. We had a great conversation as a class about not giving up and always trying our best. After I read the story with my class during the first day, we discussed the author’s central message. I taught this interactive read-aloud for 4 days in my classroom. This is such an important lesson for our students to learn at the beginning of the year.

The boy’s younger sister helps him learn to think “ish-ly.” She also helps him focus on his creativity rather than getting things just right. This is a wonderful story about a creative boy named Ramon, who loves to draw until he is teased by his older brother for the way his pictures look. REYNOLDS An Interactive Read-Aloud Lesson Plan

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