Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? by: Bill Martin Jr.


I really like this book because it is a great choral reading that teachers can use for their kindergartners. Even younger kids to start reading even if they can't read actual text yet. The illustrations are bright and colorful and allows the reader to guess what the next bulk of text will be based on the animal or picture. I really like this book because it has a rhyming tone and it allows kids to read it even if they can't read words yet. My four year old niece Sydney knows the entire book by memory because it is one of her favorites and she takes pride on being able to read it on her own. This book has simple text and repetition too. This is an important strategy with new readers because they can start reading text that they are familiar with. This is how kids start learning how to read real words too by knowing what the text says without actually reading the book word for word. Eventually the kids will start connecting the actual story with the text.

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