![]() ![]() Here is the prompt we ask students to discuss and ultimately respond. “In typically developing readers, listening comprehension and reading comprehension eventually become one and the same.”Ĭreepy Carrots Lesson Plans Day 1: Predictions Science supports the need for primary teachers to develop listening comprehension by providing more sophisticated texts. In the early grades, students’ listening comprehension largely exceeds their reading comprehension.Īccording to authors, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates in their amazing book, Shifting the Balance 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classrooms, “… we must have an eye towards the future, focusing on stretching the limits of listening comprehension through oral language development.” ![]() These Creepy Carrots activities are part of our whole group reading book activities but you could work on responding in a small group reading setting. As teachers, we do the decoding work, but we ask our students to do the thinking work. Students discuss the book and collaborate to peel back the meaning of each book we read… even a silly book like Creepy Carrots. CREEPY CARROT LESSON PLANS AND IDEAS Reading Comprehensionĭuring this close reading of the book, Creepy Carrots, we focus on a different reading comprehension strategy each day. ![]() There are templates included for two types of retelling or summarizing: Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) and. We also really love his other book, A Creepy Pair of Underpants. Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds is a story that students love to read near Halloween This mini book companion has a carrot craft that can be used while students practice retelling the story as well as two graphic organizers. If you have not yet discovered Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, you are in for a treat. Your students will laugh out loud with this fun book. ![]()
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