A teacher introduces a book to a group of young children using dialogic reading practices. (running time: 2 min. 50 sec.)
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Teacher:
Ready? Ok. Here’s our story. This is called Carrot Soup. Carrot Soup and the author and the illustrator is John Segal.
Child:
I know this book.
Teacher:
Give me a thumbs up if you know this book. Ok a couple of you have seen this before. He wrote the words and he drew the pictures. Ok, John Segal. Now I see a rabbit on the front of this book, that gives me an idea.
Child:
I see a dog on the book.
Teacher:
What this book might be about. What do you think is going to happen in this story?
Child:
Carrots.
Teacher:
I see some hands, Diego, what’s going to happen?
Child:
Carrots
Teacher:
What about carrots?
Child:
Rabbits
Teacher:
Rabbits and carrots, Diego sees rabbits and carrots. Can we put those together and add some more? Joshua, what do you think?
Child:
I see a dog.
Teacher:
And what does that tell you is going to be in the story?
Child:
A dog.
Child:
A soup. Because I see a soup in its hand.
Teacher:
You see the soup in his hand. So what does that tell you about the story? Cameron?
Child:
They’re going to cut the carrots up and put it in the soup.
Teacher:
Christopher said they’re going to cut the carrots up and put it in the soup. Cameron, tell me again?
Child:
A rabbit, I see a rabbit.
Teacher:
And what’s the rabbit going to do?
Child:
Probably eat the soup.
Teacher:
Eat the soup, that’s a good idea. Mayan, I see your hand.
Child:
He’s going to cut the carrots, put them in, put them in the soup, cook them, and when they’re ready he’s going to put them in the plate, and he’s going to eat them.
Teacher:
You gave us lots of steps for making carrot soup. Cut the carrots, put them in the plate, no, cook them, then put them in the plate, and then eat them. Wow, Danny what do you think?
Child:
I think maybe…[unclear] then maybe after that put the carrots in the oven.
Teacher:
In the oven. So you think maybe the oven is the place where they’re going to cook the carrots. Those are good ideas guys. Phillip, did you have something to add? What?
Child:
Maybe the rabbit will pull the carrots out of the garden.
Teacher:
Pull the carrots out of the garden, why would carrots be in the garden?
Child:
Because you grow them.
Child:
Yeah.
Teacher:
You grow them? Did you want to add to that, Phillip? You grow them? Yeah? You’re nodding, that means you agree, right? Ok, let me start reading and if you have more to add tell me.