HG Storytime Academy: Learning Through Interactive Read Alouds

  1. Introduction to Interactive Read Alouds

    2 lessons
    1. Welcome!
    2. Storytime Academy Facebook Group
  2. Back to School

    7 lessons
    1. Our Class is a Family and Community Building - Classroom Family Pudding
    2. Back to School Escape Room
    3. School's First Day of School
    4. The Magical Yet
    5. Kevin Henkes (Chrysanthemum, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Wemberly Worried, Owen)
    6. Back to School Activities (Jitter Juice)
    7. The Day You Begin
  3. Character Education: Back to School Behaviors and Communication

    4 lessons
    1. Decibella and Her 6 Inch Voice - Teaching Voice Levels
    2. My Mouth Is a Volcano - Blurting Out
    3. Group Work Expectations - Teamwork Isn't My Think, And I don't Like to Share
    4. Tattling and Reporting: A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue
  4. FALL

    6 lessons
    1. Escape Room ( Apple Pie Problem)
    2. The Leaf Thief and/or The Very Last Leaf
    3. All About Apples
    4. The Scarecrow
    5. Constitution Day
    6. Acorn Was A Little Wild - Reading and SEL
  5. October & Halloween

    6 lessons
    1. Bonaparte Falls Apart with Escape Room
    2. Bone Soup
    3. Pumpkins (Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction)
    4. I'm Trying to Love Spiders
    5. All About Bats
    6. Spiders (Literacy and Science)
  6. November & Thanksgiving

    7 lessons
    1. Escape Room - Who Stole the Thanksgiving Feast
    2. All About Turkeys
    3. Balloons Over Broadway
    4. Turkey Trouble
    5. Election Day
    6. Friendsgiving Theme Day
    7. Gratitude is My Superpower
  7. Christmas & Holidays

    6 lessons
    1. Escape Room - Where is the Gingerbread Man?
    2. Gingerbread Man (Compare and Contrast)
    3. All About Reindeer
    4. Memoirs of an Elf
    5. Christmas (Mooseltoe, Tacky, Snowman at Christmas, Santa's New Suit, Olive)
    6. Holidays Around the World
  8. Happy New Year

    4 lessons
    1. Escape Room - New Year's Party Problem
    2. Happy New Year Activities
    3. All About Lunar New Year
    4. Squirrel's New Year's Resolution
  9. Winter

    4 lessons
    1. All About Penguins
    2. Escape Room - The Missing Hot Chocolate
    3. All About Snow
    4. The Snow Globe Family
  10. February

    5 lessons
    1. All About Groundhogs
    2. Escape Room - The Big Game
    3. Escape Room - The Vanishing Valentines
    4. A Frankenstein Valentine
    5. President's Day
  11. 100th Day

    1 lesson
    1. Escape Room - 100th Day Cookie Crisis
  12. March

    3 lessons
    1. Escape Room - The Missing Pot of Gold
    2. How to Catch A Leprechaun
    3. All About Rainbows
  13. Spring

    6 lessons
    1. Escape Room - Earth Day Disaster
    2. After the Fall and Paper Airplane Science
    3. Hey, Little Ant (Point of View)
    4. A Nest Full of Eggs
    5. All About Horses
    6. All About Earth Day
  14. End of the Year

    6 lessons
    1. Last Day Blues
    2. Memory Jars
    3. Escape Room - The Lost Lemonade
    4. Escape Room - Popsicle Party Problem
    5. Escape Room - Ice Cream Catastrophe
    6. And Then Comes Summer
  15. Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills

    8 lessons
    1. Dialogue and Point of View
    2. Story Elements
    3. Questioning
    4. Key Details
    5. Illustrations in a Text
    6. Central Message
    7. Main Idea and Details
    8. Sensory and Feeling Words
  16. Prove it! Text Evidence Informational Passages

    1 lesson
    1. Prove it!
  17. Character Education: Kindness

    2 lessons
    1. Be Kind (Types of Kindness)
    2. The Jelly Donut Difference (Acts of Kindness)
  18. Character Education: Empathy

    2 lessons
    1. Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!
    2. Stand in My Shoes
  19. Reading Comprehension CRAFTS

    4 lessons
    1. Visualizing (Creating a Mental Picture)
    2. Schema and Making Connections
    3. Making Predictions
    4. Story Elements