[For this booktalk, I used two props: a net and a small plush red bird. ]
[Holding the net and pretending to "net" the bird.] How easy is it to catch a bird? How quick on your feet do you have to be? Do you think you could catch a bird with a net?
[Picking up book.] Shh! We have a plan! We're going to catch that bird!
[Show picture]. Almost!
[Turn the page.] Okay, so that did NOT go well.
But remember, we have a plan.
And now we have a BOAT. You just cannot fail with a boat and a net, you know?
[Ask kids to predict what will happen with the boat.]
Yep...man in the water!
Fine! Time for a new plan!
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton. Candlewick, 2014. Booktalk to PreK-2nd grade. Also, good introduction to the concept of the refrain.
I read a lot of children's/teen literature for my job as a reference librarian on the youth services team. A booktalk is an effort to get a young reader to pick up the book and read it. It's not a book review - it's more like a brief sales pitch. My goal is to write the booktalks (as soon as I've read the books) and to make them accessible to my colleagues, parents, and other readers.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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