Listening, Laughing, and

Learning

DR. MARY BIGLER EASTERN MICHIGAN

UNIVERSITY marybigler@gmail.com

February 8, 2013

WSRA Convention

Books to Develop Listening Skills

JOKE AND RIDDLE BOOKS K-5 Super Knock-Knocks, Keller NOVELTY BOOKS K-12 Tongue Twisters, Rosenbloom 3-8 Quick-to-solve Brainteasers, Fernandez PICTURE BOOKS PK-3 Itsy Bitsy Spider, Trapini PK-3 How Much is that Doggie in the Window? Merrill K-3 I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More, Beaumont PK-3 My First Songs, de Paola POETY PK-5 In the Land of Words, Greenfield NON-FICTION 2-8 Even More Children’s Miscellany, Macdonald 2-8 Lifetimes, Rice RESOURCE BOOKS Mary Bigler’s Lessons Learned, Bigler These books may be ordered online at www.readingsuccesscenter.com. 2/8/13 1

TEN  WAYS  TO  READ  A  POEM  ALOUD    

Pizza  Treatsa    

I  love  to  eat  a  chewy  pizza  Standing  up  or  in  a  seatsa.  

A  neatsa  pizza  can’t  be  beatsa.  Eat  it  with  your  hands  or  feetsa.  

Doug  Florian    

1. Teacher  reads  to  the  students  2. Cloze  technique  3. Alternate  line  reading  4. Unison  5. Soft  to  loud/loud  to  soft  

6. Fast  to  slow/slow  to  fast  7. Clapping  to  rhythm  8. Assign  parts  to  individuals/groups  9. As  a  round  10. Singing  (Twinkle,  Twinkle)

   

DIFFERENT  VOICES    

Hundreds  of  cats!  Thousands  of  cats!  

Millions  and  billions  and  trillions  of  cats!  Wanda  Gag’s  Millions  of  Cats  

 Regular  voice  Excited  voice  Clap  and  say  Whisper  voice  

Telephone  operator  voice  Underwater  voice  No  voice  Opera  voice

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SONGS  WITH  FAMILIAR  TUNES    

Weather  Song  (Sung  to  The  Bear  Went  Over  the  Mountain)    What’s  the  weather  today?  ‘’  ‘’  Let’s  all  go  look  and  see.    Will  it  be  sunny  or  cloudy?  Will  it  be  rainy  or  snowy?  Will  it  be  warm  or  cold?  What’s  the  weather  today?  

The  Vowel  Song  (Sung  to  Bingo)    The  vowels  of  the  alphabet,  I  know  them  all  by  name,  oh!  A-­‐E-­‐I-­‐O-­‐U  A-­‐E-­‐I-­‐O-­‐U  A-­‐E-­‐I-­‐O-­‐U  I  know  them  all  by  name,  oh!  

   Birthday  Song  (Sung  to  Camptown  Races)    Our  friend  _____  is  _____  years  old,  do  da,  do  da  Our  friend  _____  is  _____  years  old,  oh  my  do  da  day  Let’s  all  shout  “Hooray,”  for  it’s_____’s  special  day  Our  friend  _____  is  _____  years  old,  oh  my  do  da  day.      Head,  Shoulders,  Knees  and  Toes  (Sung  to  London  Bridge)    Head  and  shoulders,  knees  and  toes,  knees  and  toes,  knees  and  toes,  Head  and  shoulders,  knees  and  toes,  it’s  my  body.  Eyes  and  ears  and  mouth  and  nose,  mouth  and  nose,  mouth  and  nose,  Eyes  and  ears  and  mouth  and  nose,  it’s  my  body.  Ankles,  elbows,  feet  and  seat,  feet  and  seat,  feet  and  seat,  Ankles,  elbows,  feet  and  seat,  it’s  my  body.                                    

ACTION CHANTS NAME CHANT Mar y X is my name. X X X Read ing X is my game. X X X Mich i gan X is where I come from X X that’s the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh uh huh That’s the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it! X BIG MAC Big Mac, filet of fish, quarter pounder, French fries. Icy Coke, thick shake, sundaes and apple pie. Chicken McNuggets, bluck-bluck, bluck-bluck-bluck-bluck. Chicken McNuggets, bluck-bluck, bluck-bluck-bluck-bluck. Ee-i-ee-i-o!, Ee-i-ee-i-o!, Ee-i-ee-i-o! Pizza Hut Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut (REPEAT) McDonald’s, McDonald’s Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut (REPEAT) Burger King, Burger King Long John Silver and a Burger King (REPEAT) McDonald’s, McDonald’s Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut (REPEAT) Dairy Queen, Dairy Queen Taco Bell and a Dairy Queen(REPEAT) McDonald’s, McDonald’s Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut (REPEAT) 4  

Sandwiches    

Bacon,  Lettuce,  Tomato  Sandwich    (Tune:    Old  MacDonald)       Bacon,  lettuce,  to-­‐ma-­‐to     Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum.     I  like  it  toasted,  just  a  touch     Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum.     With  a  crunch  crunch  here     And  a  munch  munch  there     Here  a  crunch,  there  a  munch     Everywhere  a  crunch,  munch.     Bacon,  lettuce,  to-­‐ma-­‐to     Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum  Yum!    SMACK!      

Silly  Sandwich    (Tune:    The  More  We  Get  Together)       Have  you  ever  seen  a  sandwich,  a  sandwich,  a  sandwich                          Have  you  ever  seen  a  sandwich     As  silly  as  can  be.     With  gumdrops  and  pizza  and  oranges  and  waffles  

Have  you  ever  seen  a  sandwich  That’s  made  by  silly  me!      

Apple  Sandwiches    (Tune:    Alphabet  Song)       Apple  sandwiches,  what  a  treat     They’re  so  good,  they  can’t  be  beat     Macintosh,  Delicious  too,     Jonathon,  Spy,  add  lots  of  goo,     Apple  sandwiches,  what  a  treat     They’re  so  good,  they  can’t  be  beat.    

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Steps to Writing a Rap

Step 1 Choose a topic Step 2 List a lot of words about the topic Step 3 Choose the ones you want to use Step 4 Think of rhyming words for them Step 5 Set a beat Step 6 Write a poem using the words Step 1 Teddy Bears Step 2 fun, bear, fat, friend, light, cuddly, cute, love, small, everywhere, brown, worn Step 3 fun, bear, fat, friend, light, small Step 4 fun - done, one, sun bear - there, everywhere, hair fat – at, hat, that, flat friend – end, send, lend light – night, tight small – tall, all, doll Step 5 snap fingers twice, clap once Step 6 My good friend is a teddy bear I can take him everywhere. He’s small, fat and lots of fun He plays with me ‘til the day is done. Teddy bears, teddy bears big and small I love teddy bears one and all. Fat ones, skinny ones Old ones too. I hope you have a teddy bear Just for you. Done by Jasmine, Casey and Jenny P.