Round Up a Read Aloud Rodeo!

Kids love a rodeo! Schedule a Read Aloud Rodeo Roundup indoors our outside.

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers!

Here’s a Short Shot – a one and done idea to improve your students/campers ability to stay focused for longer than the time it takes to say “Short Shot!”

Round Up a Read Aloud Rodeo! – Choose the setting for your Read Aloud Rodeo, indoors or out, depending on your program and the weather.

Camp programs usually offer an area that can accommodate a “round up” of children.

In a classroom? Set up a make-believe campsite. Place a photo or illustration of a campfire near a circle of chairs.

Ready, Set, Round Up – Gather your group together to listen to you read aloud about a subject that relates to your curriculum/program.

For example, you may be introducing children to popular authors in your culture.

Find a story, online or at a library, written by that author or about the author’s life.

Kids enjoy snippets of biographies when they are read aloud because Read Aloud Time helps bring real people (and fictional characters) to life.

Set Up a Super Sports Star Read Aloud Rodeo – Make your Read Aloud Rodeo part of a sport practice or event.

Ahead of time, find a short story or article that connects with the sport being played.

Select the portion you want to read aloud and prepare a brief introduction for context.

Tell your student players that you have a surprise before warm up time.

Gather the group together and announce that your surprise is something a little different…

a lead off to warm up time…a Read Aloud Rodeo.

Prepare for the group to be surprised, even laugh, and also be ready to explain that Read Aloud Rodeos aren’t just for fun…

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