Before Reading
Using a KWL chart for this book would be useful and appropriate. By using a KWL chart you will be able to see what children Know or think they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned throughout these lessons. To make a KWL chart, use a large piece of paper or tag board, and divide it into three columns. Have the letter K on the top of the first column on the left, W on the top in the middle, and L on the top in the right hand column. Talk to children about what they Know or think they Know about drums and drumming. Write everything they say down in the K column. Accept everything they say. If they say things that you know are wrong, you can ask them for their reasons. See if the other children agree or disagree. You do not want to say too much during this time. This is a time for children to brainstorm and for you to accept everything they are saying. Always remember that when you fill in the what they Learned column, children will find out what they thought was correct was not. After you fill in the K section, you can discuss any questions children have regarding drums and drumming and write in their questions. Questions can always be added to the W column. This is a good place to look for questions that can be used later for research. After reading the book and learning more, you can begin filling in the L column. As children learn more, they can add what they have Learned to this column.
If you feel this is giving away too much information, you can do this after introducing the book. This is also appropriate to do during the Building Background phase.
Introducing the Book
Before handing out the book, introduce it by showing the front and back covers, the title page, and the table of contents. Talk to children about what they may predict about this book.
Ask: What do you see on the covers? What does this tell you about the book’s contents? What do you think the book will be about? There should be a lot of prediction going on at this stage.
Suggestion: You might want to give some examples about where to find specific information using the table of contents. This may be appropriate during the Building Background section. Children may bring up some things that are discussed in the book. As this happens, you can look these things up in the table of contents to show that they are in fact in the book.
Building Background
See the Before Reading section above.
Ask children to tell you what they know about drums and drumming. Ask the following questions to find out what prior knowledge they have regarding the subject.
Ask: What do you think of when you hear the word drum(s)? Do you know if there are different types of drums? If so, what are they? What do you know about making drums? Do you know of anyone famous who plays drums? Do you know how to play drums? What is a person who plays drums called? What is the music that drums make called?
By asking these types of questions you can determine what children know about drums and drumming.
See the suggestion above in the Introducing the Book section for an idea on how to incorporate use of table of contents in this section.
Book Walk
The book walk for this book, is simply a way to help children become familiar with the format of an informational book that is broken into sections. This may be a new concept for some children. Show children how each new section begins with the subject of the upcoming topic centered before the paragraph where the section begins. If you are going to be reading the book in sections, this will be an important thing to show children. Also, look at some of the pictures. This will help them become familiar with the topic they are going to learn more about. This will also show them that you recognize the importance of the photos in this book. Point out some of the content words that were discussed earlier so they have an idea where they are and won’t be worrying about where they are. This is just a way to help children feel more comfortable with the text they are about to read.
Setting the Purpose
Before children begin reading, discuss with them the various purposes or objectives they are working towards while reading this book:
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