Before, During
technology Grades K–2
Before, During This activity demonstrates how parents can use technology to promote reading at home. It also models the kinds of questions readers ask themselves before, during, and after reading. Materials:
• E-reader (e.g., Kindle) or other tablets and smartphones with an e-book application • Before, During and After reading question cards (provided) • E-reader Tip Sheet handout to provide parents information on how to use e-readers with their child.
Preparation: • •
Download a short e-book (related to your theme, if possible) on the e-reader. See provided list for suggested theme-related books. The availability of specific book titles varies depending on the digital reader used. Books also can be downloaded on a smartphone via an e-book application, if an e-reader is not available. Print copies of the Before, During and After reading question cards for facilitator use and for families to take home.
Activity Instructions:
1. Show families how to turn on devices a select a book. 2. Demonstrate the ways an e-book can support children reading to include the following: • Show parents how they can adjust text and font settings for a customize view for their child. • The ability to look up an unfamiliar word by holding the word until the built-in dictionary provides the definition of the word in a pop-up box. • Demonstrate how to highlight text on the device. • E-readers have the capacity to hold a library of books in one location and are portable. 3. Use the provided question cards to ask Before reading questions to students. This strategy demonstrates techniques that readers use before beginning a book. 4. Read a few pages or one chapter of the book aloud together. 5. While reading, stop occasionally and use the During reading questions to model to students how readers think through information from the text as they read. 6. During reading, you can also demonstrate to students how to use context clues when you come across an unfamiliar word. When using an e-reader, if you come across a word you don’t know, press and hold on that word to bring up the definition in a pop-up box. 7. Ask After reading questions to encourage students to summarize the book and their responses to it.
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
What story clues are in the title and pictures?
What will the main character need or want?
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
Is this story real or make believe? How do I know?
Why do I want to read this story?
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
If this text is real, what will I learn?
How do I picture the setting?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
What will happen next in the story?
How do I feel about the main character?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
Why does the character… [act or feel a certain way]?
Does the story or text make sense?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
How will the story most likely end? How does this story or text remind me of my life?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
How did the story or text make me feel?
What did I like or dislike about the story?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
What is the main part of the story or text?
How have my feelings about the main character changed?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
How are the main character’s feelings or actions different at the end of the story?
What is the author trying to teach me?
Before, During This activity demonstrates how parents can use technology to promote reading at home. It also models the kinds of questions readers ask themselves before, during, and after reading. Materials:
• E-reader (e.g., Kindle) or other tablets and smartphones with an e-book application • Before, During and After reading question cards (provided) • E-reader Tip Sheet handout to provide parents information on how to use e-readers with their child.
Preparation: • •
Download a short e-book (related to your theme, if possible) on the e-reader. See provided list for suggested theme-related books. The availability of specific book titles varies depending on the digital reader used. Books also can be downloaded on a smartphone via an e-book application, if an e-reader is not available. Print copies of the Before, During and After reading question cards for facilitator use and for families to take home.
Activity Instructions:
1. Show families how to turn on devices a select a book. 2. Demonstrate the ways an e-book can support children reading to include the following: • Show parents how they can adjust text and font settings for a customize view for their child. • The ability to look up an unfamiliar word by holding the word until the built-in dictionary provides the definition of the word in a pop-up box. • Demonstrate how to highlight text on the device. • E-readers have the capacity to hold a library of books in one location and are portable. 3. Use the provided question cards to ask Before reading questions to students. This strategy demonstrates techniques that readers use before beginning a book. 4. Read a few pages or one chapter of the book aloud together. 5. While reading, stop occasionally and use the During reading questions to model to students how readers think through information from the text as they read. 6. During reading, you can also demonstrate to students how to use context clues when you come across an unfamiliar word. When using an e-reader, if you come across a word you don’t know, press and hold on that word to bring up the definition in a pop-up box. 7. Ask After reading questions to encourage students to summarize the book and their responses to it.
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
What story clues are in the title and pictures?
What will the main character need or want?
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
Is this story real or make believe? How do I know?
Why do I want to read this story?
Before Reading Questions
Before Reading Questions
If this text is real, what will I learn?
How do I picture the setting?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
What will happen next in the story?
How do I feel about the main character?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
Why does the character… [act or feel a certain way]?
Does the story or text make sense?
During Reading Questions
During Reading Questions
How will the story most likely end? How does this story or text remind me of my life?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
How did the story or text make me feel?
What did I like or dislike about the story?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
What is the main part of the story or text?
How have my feelings about the main character changed?
After Reading Questions
After Reading Questions
How are the main character’s feelings or actions different at the end of the story?
What is the author trying to teach me?
