Interactive Read Aloud Plan
Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Author: Jan Brett
CONNECTING ACTIVITY (Question, conversation, brainstorming, quick write):
Close your eyes and think of a time when you wanted something that wasn’t yours.
Maybe it was a toy. Maybe it was the last yummy snack at your house.
BRIDGING CONVERSATION:
In this book we are going to meet a girl who wanted something that belonged to
someone else. Thinking about how you felt when you wanted something that
belonged to someone else will help you understand how the girl in this story feels.
GENRE SET-UP:
This story is a fairy tale. As good readers, we know that all fairy tales begin with
“Once upon a time…” and end with a happy ending. We also know we should be
looking for magic and make-believe creatures, good and evil as well as things that
come in threes and sevens.
STRATEGY FOCUS:
As good readers, we have to make sure that we keep track of all of the important
information and events an author tells us about. As we read more and more, we
need to add new details and information to what we have already read to make sure
that we understand the whole text. It is like putting together the pieces of the
puzzle to see what the whole puzzle is about.
(During this read aloud, the analogy of a puzzle is used to help understand the
strategy. There is an anchor chart on the synthesize page of the strategy guide that
may be good to do before this reading. As you read you can put the info in the IRA
plan on a chart with drawings of puzzle pieces-puzzle pieces can include characters,
setting, beginning, middle and end events.
VOCABULARY SET-UP:
Latch is a word you will hear in this story. A latch is something used to keep
something closed. When you go to the store and try something on in the dressing
room, you turn the latch on the door to keep the door from opening. Another word
we will hear in this story is the word tempting. If something is tempting, that means
you really want it. Your brother’s toy may be tempting to you because you really
want to play with it. Cushion is another word we will see. A cushion can be found
on chairs and couches. They help to make the seat soft to sit on.
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TITLE AND COVER ILLUSTRATIONS:
The title of the story in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A good reader always looks
at the picture on the front and asks questions. I wonder who the three bears are?
What are some things you are wondering?
Opportunities to Model Strategies
Purpose
At the end of the page where the bears went for a walk.
Synthesize
I think the author just gave us a piece of the puzzle to
(characters and setting)
help us understand everything about this story. The
author just told us all about the characters. We learned
that there are three and they are different sizes.
Interactive Read Aloud Plan
We also learned were they live. These are important
things to remember as we read. I heard that our
characters are taking a walk while their porridge cools.
After – Lifted the latch
Oh there was that word latch. Remember we said that a
latch keeps something closed. If looks like the bears
wanted to keep their door closed. We are also meeting
another character to add to the characters in this story.
After – It was so tempting that Goldilocks set about
helping herself.
Oh there is that word Tempting. We said that tempting
is when someone wants something that is not theirs. It
looks like goldilocks is tempted to take some porridge
for herself. Turn to your partner and tell them if you
think she will take it.
After – Goldilocks fell asleep
Remember how we said that a good reader makes sure
to keep track of all the important information and events
to help us understand what we are reading. The events
are another piece of the puzzle when we read. Let’s look
at what events have happened so far (go back through
and retell using the pictures)
After reading “the hard cushion straight!”
There is that word we talked about earlier Cushion. We
know that a cushion is what you put on a chair to sit on.
It looks like Goldilocks moved the cushion when she got
up.
After “Someone has been lying in my bed”
I think we have other important events to add to our
puzzle. Let’s see we left off when Goldilocks fell asleep.
(go back through and retell using the pictures)
Let’s think about what happened after that. The kids can
help with the retelling supported by the pictures.
At the end of the story
Now lets add the rest of our events to our puzzle. Turn
to your neighbor and tell them what happened at the
end of the story. Share out. Use the chart you have been
creating to retell the story quickly.
Synthesize
(beginning event)
Vocabulary
Synthesize (add
character)
Vocabulary
Synthesizing
(middle event)
Vocabulary
Synthesizing
(end event)
Synthesizing
(add to end)