Put some life into your reading. Make the words and the voices scream out. Don't just read it, live it. If the beautiful princess and the ugly frog have the same voice, you are not getting it.
When you sing a song, you listen to the music and your brain automatically tells you when and what to sing. Reading should be similar. As you read the words, your brain should be seeing a picture, hearing the sounds, making connections to what you already know, and comparing the story to them.
All of this starts with hearing the characters' voices. So practice reading rambunctiously. Read as if giving a performance. Be a beautiful princess (good luck boys) and then switch to an ugly, little frog.
Rambunctious--energetic, boisterous, lively
The Frog Prince
Edith H. Tarcov version
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess. She had a golden ball, and it was her favorite plaything. She took it wherever she went. One day the princess was playing in the woods, near a well. She thew her ball high into the air. It fell-splash-into the well. The princess watched her golden ball sink deep into the water of the well, and she began to cry. She cried harder and harder.
Suddenly someone said, ''What is the matter, princess? Why are you making so much noise?" The princess looked around. She looked into the well.
An ugly little frog was looking up at her. The frog asked again, "what is the matter, princess?"
"Oh, it's you old water splasher," the princess said. "My golden ball had fallen into the well. That is why I am crying."
Edith H. Tarcov version
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess. She had a golden ball, and it was her favorite plaything. She took it wherever she went. One day the princess was playing in the woods, near a well. She thew her ball high into the air. It fell-splash-into the well. The princess watched her golden ball sink deep into the water of the well, and she began to cry. She cried harder and harder.
Suddenly someone said, ''What is the matter, princess? Why are you making so much noise?" The princess looked around. She looked into the well.
An ugly little frog was looking up at her. The frog asked again, "what is the matter, princess?"
"Oh, it's you old water splasher," the princess said. "My golden ball had fallen into the well. That is why I am crying."
You can read more on The Reading Workshop wiki at The Frog Prince.
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Mr. McGuire, I am a fellow middle school teacher in Kentucky who would love to talk with you about how you use blogging in your classroom. Can I have your e-mail address? When I click the link to your e-mail on your page, it automatically sends me to Microsoft Outlook which I don't have set up on my computer.
I would love to talk with you!
robin.k.simmons@gmail.com
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