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Reflection On Read Aloud Owl Moon

The author reflects on reading the picture book "The Moon" aloud to their 5th grade students. They were initially hesitant, thinking the students might be bored with a picture book. However, the students enjoyed the story and had an engaged discussion about whether the main character was a boy or girl. The author learned that picture books can provide enjoyment for all ages by sparking discussion and imagination. Reading this book to the class helped the author gain confidence before teaching other lessons.

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Reflection On Read Aloud Owl Moon

The author reflects on reading the picture book "The Moon" aloud to their 5th grade students. They were initially hesitant, thinking the students might be bored with a picture book. However, the students enjoyed the story and had an engaged discussion about whether the main character was a boy or girl. The author learned that picture books can provide enjoyment for all ages by sparking discussion and imagination. Reading this book to the class helped the author gain confidence before teaching other lessons.

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Even though, I knew the primary purpose of reading a book aloud my first day in the

field was for the students to simply enjoy hearing a story being read to them it was hard for me to

justify reading a picture book to such advanced reading students. Reading the picture book, 

 by Jane Yolen became a valuable learning experience not only for my students but for me.

After reading this book, I learned how enjoyable picture books can be for any age and

that everyone enjoys a good story. Even though I knew how powerful a good story can be, I was

not confident that fifth graders would enjoythis particular picture book¶s story.

The one thing I knew was that my son, a fourth grader, and I enjoyed the story of about a

little girl sharing a walk through the woods with her father. However, I was not sure ifthis story

would be as well-received by fifth graders during the school day.

I was hesitant to read this book and worried I had made the wrong choice in wanting to

read it to studentswho were advanced readers that probably would be bored with the story. So, I

decided to talk with Mrs. Collins about my reservations in reading this book, but she reassured

me that her students would enjoy having a story read to them.

Nervously, I began to read   to the class and to my surprise, my fifth graders,

even those familiar with the story, enjoyed having this book read to them. The class was

engaged in the story as they contemplated a classmate¶s question regarding if the main character

pictured on the cover was a little boy or girl. Before I read the book to my class, I suggested to

my students to use any clues from the story that would answer this question. After reading the

story, I asked the class if they thought the character was a boy or a girl and to justify their

answers. However, not all of my students agreed on the gender of the character and debated
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why they thought it was a girl or a boy. Finally, the class resolved that story was still good no

matter if the character was a boy or a girl. Even though the class was content believing the

character was the gender they felt strongest about, Iinformed my students that the author

intended the character to be a girl. I told them I knew this because of the information found the

book¶s jacket cover.

My students¶ discussion about this book, taught me that a good book can always be

enjoyed no matter your age because it provides a story for you to think about. I am glad I

experienced reading a picture book to my fifth grade class last week, because it gave me the

opportunity to break the ice by getting my nerves out of the way before I had to teach a formal

lesson to the class.

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