Read-aloud September 29

Group: PIN 1201
Teacher: Oscar García
Time: 2:00-3:30
Book: My Nasa Community: this is the beutiful story of Lina, a woman from the Nasa community who feels proud of her traditions, people, and mother earth.

Activities:

Pre-reading activity: ask students about the indigenous communties they know in Colombia.

Show the Colombian map with the location of the indigenous community. Focus on the Nasa community and explain the Nasa's main characteristics.

Present the video about the ceremony: "El despertar de las semillas" and listen to the explanation of this ceremony in Spanish ans Nasa Yuwe.

During-reading activity: 
Read Lina's story: My Nasa Community and ask questions while reading about the story.

Post-reading activity:
Ask students about their impressions on the story.
Invite students to write a letter to Lina expressing thier opinions about the story and about  the problems the Nasa community is having now.

Group: PIJ 401- PIJ 803
Teacher: Johana Cano

Teacher: Alejandro TorresTime: 10:00-1:30
Book: Mysteries. Believe it or not

Activities:
Pre-reading activity:Ask students about the mysteries they know.
Show them a video with some of the most important mysteries in the world.
Top 20 greatest mysteries of the world
UFOs

During-reading activity: We'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, describing illustrations and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity: students solve the wordsearch and find the mysterious message.
Encorage students to write thier story about mysteries using storybird

Read-aloud september 22

Group: PIN 1001
Teacher: Oscar García
Time: 8:00-9:30
Book: My Nasa Community: this is the beutiful story of Lina, a woman from the Nasa community who feels proud of her traditions, people, and mother earth.

Activities:

Pre-reading activity: ask students about the indigenous communties they know in Colombia.

Show the Colombian map with the location of the indigenous community. Focus on the Nasa community and explain the Nasa's main characteristics.

Present the video about the ceremony: "El despertar de las semillas" and listen to the explanation of this ceremony in Spanish ans Nasa Yuwe.

During-reading activity: 
Read Lina's story: My Nasa Community and ask questions while reading about the story.

Post-reading activity:
Ask students about their impressions on the story.
Invite students to write a letter to Lina expressing thier opinions about the story and about  the problems the Nasa community is having now.

Group: PIJ 702
Teacher: Alejandro Torres
Time: 10:00-11:30
Book: Be real and true to who you are
Storybird

Create your storybird here
Storybird helps people connect, play, and create and enjoy stories.
Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.

Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun.

Group: PIJ 503
Teacher: Juan Rivera
Time: 12:00-1:30
Book:

Read-aloud September 8

Group: 602
Teacher: Diana Gaviria
Time: 10:00-11:30

Group: 301
Teacher: Danny
Time: 2:00-3:30
          

Books:
I wish
Link

Activities:
Pre-reading activity:Ask students about their wishes.
Show some images about wishes. Review actions and the structutre: I wish I could.... fly to the moon, sing beutifully, swim fast.
Show a video about caterpillars and butterflies. Explain their transformation.

Listen to the caterpillar song.

Review Vocabulary from the story. Watch the video How a caterpillar becomes a butterfly

Show the worksheet Life Cycle of a butterfly

During-reading activity: As we read the story I Wish, we'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, describing illustrations and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity: students design their butterfly book.
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2


Group: 603
Teacher: Danny Sánchez
Time: 12:00-1:30
Book: Mysteries. Believe it or not

Activities:
Pre-reading activity:Ask students about the mysteries they know
Show them a video with some of the most important mysteries in the world.
UFOs

During-reading activity: We'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, describing illustrations and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity: students solve the wordsearch and find the mysterious message.

Read-aloud September 1

Group: 402
Teacher:Cielo Barrios
Time: 10:00-11:30

Books: 
1. What is under my bed?
2. There is an alligator under my bed
3. One Hungry Monster
Links
Link 2
Link 3

Activities:
Pre-reading activity:Ask students about their fears. Play tingo tango to ask for thier fears.
Show a monster link and name their body parts. Review numbers and colors.

During-reading activity: As we read the story what is under my bed?, we'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, describing illustrations and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity: ask students:
When you feel hungry, what do you like to eat? Read with them the second story:
There is an alligator under my bed

After talking with them about their fears, explain them how in Guatemala there is a tradition of making muñecos quitapesares to help children sleep well. 
Finally, students make their own "muñeco quitapesares".


Group: 1101
Teacher: Wilson Gallo
Time: 12:12:30
Book: My Nasa Community: this is the beutiful story of Lina, a woman form the Nasa community who feels proud of her traditions, people, and mother earth.

Activities:

Pre-reading activity: ask students about the indigenous communties they know in Colombia.

Show the Colombian map with the location of the indigenous community and focus on the Nasa community and explain the Nasa's main characteristics.

Present the video about the ceremony: "El despertar de las semillas" and listen to the explanation of this ceremony in Spanish ans Nasa Yuwe.

During-reading activity: 
Read Lina's story: My Nasa Community.

Post-reading activity:
Ask students about their impressions on the story.
Invite students to write a letter to Lina expressing thier opinions about the story and about  the problems the Nasa community is having now.

Read aloud August 25

Group: 301
Teacher: Lus Stella Hincapié
Time: 10:00-11:30
Book: Dino's Rock
Link:
Activities:
Pre-reading activity: We will explore what students know about dinosaurs. We'll remember facts about them.   
Using a finger puppet, I'll ask students some questions about dinosaurs.

During-reading activity: at the beginning, students have to select the characters for the tale. As we read the story, we'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity:
Print-out activity: link Students will make a dinosaur book after reading the story.
We'll learn a song about dinosaurs:
Song
Play dinosaurs memory game

Group: 601
Teacher: Diana Gaviria
Time: 12:12:30
Book:Always
Link

I am the keeper of the castle. This castle... Always... How deep is the bond between a child and a beloved dog? And how far will a pet go to protect his dear friend? To the ends of the Earth...always. Alison McGhee gives voice to the devotion that knows no bounds in this gentle and poignant picture book about friendship, loyalty, and most of all, love. 

Keywords: dogs, pets, love, loyalty, imagination, friendship, safe, protect

Author: McGhee, Alison  Illustrator: Lemaitre, Pascal  Publisher: Simon & Schuster  TumbleTime: 2 minutes and 30 seconds

Activities:
Pre-reading activity: Ask students about thier pets. What pets they have. How old are they. How do they look like. How do they express love to them.
Listen to a song about animals to review what they know.
Song

During-reading activity: students make predictions about the story based on the title and cover.
We read the story togheter. We repeat patterns from the story. 

Post-reading activity:
Students will do the wordsearch about animals.
They will also write about the pet they would like to have.

Read-Aloud August 18

Level 204
Teacher: Silvia Ortiz
Time: 10-12
Topic: Dinosaurs
Book: Dinos Rock
Link:
Activities:
Pre-reading activity: We will explore what students know about dinosaurs. We'll remember facts about them.   
Using a finger puppet, I'll ask students some questions about dinosaurs.

During-reading activity: at the beginning, students have to select the characters for the tale. As we read the story, we'll read together, pointing at words, predicting events, and clarifying new vocabulary. 

Post-reading activity:
Print-out activity: link Students will make a dinosaur book after reading the story.
We'll learn a song about dinosaurs:
Song
Play dinosaurs memory game

Level 103
Teacher: Luz Estella Hincapié
Time: 12-2
Topic: Monsters
Book: What is under my bed?
Link:
Activities:

Pre-reading activity: 
Ask students about their fears. Play tingo tango to ask for thier fears.
Show a monster link and name their body parts. Review numbers and colors.

During-reading activity: 
Ask students to predict the story based on the title.
Ask students to predict what's happening next.
Ask students to read with instructor.

Post-reading activity:
There is an alligator under my bed
Make your own "quitapesares" with clay.
Play monsters memory game

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