I+Can+Read


 * Submitted/Created By:** Kelley Carpenter, Kindergarten


 * Lesson:**__I Can Read__


 * Resources:** Kelley Carpenter


 * Standard(s):** 1D //Student has a sense of personal responsibility.//

-understand they are capable of a new skill. -understand what prior knowledge they already bring into the skill of reading. -see how familiar picture clues aid in the reading process to allow for independent practice. “**There are many signs and pictures that I know you recognize and are able to read. This year, we will learn about how sounds come together to make words, but you will also use those words you already know how to read.”** Collect other environmental print from that may be familiar to children. Show these labels with pics, animals not in the book, shapes not in the book, and other numbers having children identify them. This responsibility aspect focuses on reading things on their own by drawing from their personal knowledge.
 * Materials:** Xerox’d copies of the booklet, crayons.
 * Time:** 20 minutes
 * Goals:** Students will…
 * Indicators:**
 * Describe Lesson Steps:**
 * “Who in this class knows how to read?”** Most will answer “no”, but some may say “yes”. Assure them that they ARE readers and you want to show them, because some may not have realized it.
 * Pass out booklets and have them look at each page together whole group. The book is full of environmental print and other familiar picture clues that most children will be able to read. (numbers, stop sign, McDonalds arches, colors, shapes, faces of sad and happy, rain, sun, animals with labels…)
 * As you read through, keep encouraging students to look for those things they already CAN accomplish and do on their own.
 * After reading book, have a whole group discussion of what students could look for around them that they could also read. (resturaunt/grocery store signs, exit…)
 * Assessment(s):**