Interactive Activity Analysis

Interactive reading has three main components that occur prior to reading the book, during the read aloud, and after the story has been read. The class will preview, read, and discuss the book together as a whole. Interactive writing also involves the collaboration of the entire class to transform their thoughts into words on a paper. Both interactive activities involve the teacher asking questions that will guide the children to completing the desired tasks.
Before a story is read aloud the teacher needs to introduce it thoroughly by explaining the genre. It is also important to preview the book to the class. By doing so, they receive an understanding of the topic and what main points may be discussed because of clues given from the pictures. …show more content…
In the video the students are writing a thank you letter to the parents for a Halloween party they all contributed to. The fact that they are writing about a real-life event that they were all a part of makes it easier for them to gather their thoughts and put them on paper. The teacher asks for details from the party and the children respond with things they should be thanking the parents for such as the candy or providing the costumes. Then, the sentences they create are said aloud by the teacher as she counts aloud the amount of words it includes. The teacher will then begin to break down the sentence by identifying individual words at a time and eventually ask what letters make up those words along with the sounds the children hear in the pronunciation. Reminders will be said aloud to the children such as spacing, periods and capitals which implies crucial writing …show more content…
I agree with the strategy the teachers are utilizing by guiding the children while also leaving some blanks for them to fill in with their own knowledge. I was surprised to find that in the first video the teacher was instructing the class to tell the children about WW2 considering this may be a hard concept for them to grasp. However, I do agree with the importance of providing background knowledge that will help the children better understand the story. In relation to the writing video I was surprised to see the amount of participation from the children. They were eager to share their knowledge on combining letters to make words. I think that writing about an event they experienced excited them and encouraged them to help write the letter to the parents. The class working as a group is something I agree with because it makes the concepts less intimidating when all the students are being introduced to the same topic and tasks. On the other hand, the group effort provides opportunity for the children who have developed the skills to shine while the ones who may be still grasping the concept could keep to themselves and fail to follow along because individual assistance is not given. I can see myself using these techniques in my classroom and observing how the children