Reading Lesson Plans & Comprehension - Read Aloud Activity

Read Aloud Activity

My favorite activity to do with preschool age or older is something that I do at story time, or just any time that I read a story. I hold up the book and for example if it's a story about a dog, I'll say "Now I'm going to read this story about an elephant!" Of course the children will say "That's not an elephant!"  I'll look at the cover again, then say "Oh, silly me! I should have said the story is about a giraffe!"  Then the children will say "No, No! That's a dog!" To which I say "Yes, of course you're right!" And while I'm reading the story, I will change something in the story. For example, if the sentence is "The dog played with the blue ball." I will change it to a red ball. Then the children will say "That's not red!" I will ask "Are you sure?" Then praise them for paying attention to the story. I do this activity to see how much the children are paying attention, and to see if they are understanding the story, if it has words they have not heard yet, etc. 
Submitted by: Joyce Karczmarczyk  - Manchester,New Hampshire