Post 2 Week 3

I did my first read aloud this week and it went really well! I chose to read Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman. I didn't feel nervous at all until I sat down with my book, and even then it wasn't that bad. I'm used to talking infront of 150 kids a day and I knew that reading a book to 20 kids was really no different. This was the first read aloud I did and I had my CT and partner grade it and my CT said that I sounded very confident and I appreciated that he said that because I was afraid that they would be able to tell that I was a little nervous. I had been watching my CT read books for the past few weeks and I tried to mimic what he did because I liked how he read. At the beginning he always made sure to go over the author and illustrator, whether it has any awards, and if the book is fiction or non fiction. I was surprised when I heard him read his first book (the first book he read to the class when I was there was "Hotel Bruce") and he discussed with the children whether it was fiction or nonfiction and I had just assumed until that point that using the words fiction and nonfiction were too hard for kindergarteners but they understood what it meant and I was impressed. So when I gave my read aloud I made sure to talk about the author, the caledcott medal it won, and the fact that the book is fiction. The children really liked the book and it was sweet how attentive they were when I was reading.