Yesterday, we read Love as a class for the first time. This important book, written by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Loren Long, brought about thoughtful discussion and challenged some thinking. For our first read yesterday, I slowly read the book aloud once straight through pausing to allow students to spend some time with each image. Students thought and turned and talked a few times during this first read.
Today, I read it aloud again. As I did, students freely jotted and sketched their thinking in their notebooks. Then, we had a great discussion. After our discussion, students jotted and sketched again.
Here are a few of those thoughts from their jots and sketches…
Book Thoughts are the unedited jots and sketches from my readers during and after a shared read aloud and discussion. Reading, thinking, and jotting together is perhaps one of our most impactful classroom activities.
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