The poem that Ms. Jane introduced today is called Things, written by Eloise Greenfield. The class did a shared reading today on the rug. Ms. Jane read the poem aloud to her students with expression while she tapped a beat on her thigh. The students began bobbing their heads and went along with the poem. During the read aloud, I noticed that Jesse and Nathan were really into the poem. Jesse even tapped along with Ms. Jane and mouthed the words to himself. After the whole class had read aloud the poem a few times, Ms. Jane invited couple students to go up to the front and read the poem to the whole class. Jesse raised his hand high up in the air, waving, hoping to be picked, and he did. Jesse and another student, Joanne, read the poem together. Please click on the media player on the top left corner of this page titled 'Exhibit 19 Reading Poem' to listen to Jesse and Johnise read aloud to the class.
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Very cool! Exhibit 21 was great to include. What did you notice about the boys' engagement with this shared reading experience that differed from their regular reading work in school?
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I found out that this experience is very different from regular reading, like read aloud, or independent reading because it is highly interactive and fun for the students. Often, they listen to read aloud, and they read to themselves during readers’ workshop, however, this opportunity allowed them to freely express their engagement with the poem. Things, is a poem that has a lot of rhyme and a strong sense of pulse that makes if fun to read aloud. When Jesse is given the chance to read it aloud to the class, it is like he is given the authority and accountability to be a reader. His reading experience now becomes clearly purposeful and meaningful. David Booth (2002) identifies a number of factors that could help boost boys’ literacy development, and one of the ways is that they are given ownership and choice in their reading experiences. In this particular experience, Jesse is definitely feeling comfortable and confident in reading aloud a poem that he enjoys reading, and through this, he has found ownership in the reading and learning process.
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