1. During storytime should I stop to expand or discuss? For example, my kids didn't know what "bold" meant when Reddy Fox was being bold (Unit 1 storytime). Should I expect "silence" during reading and at the end discuss or answer questions? Or do I stop and explain as I go? (What would CM do?) Am I trying to train for zero interruptions now so that when we get to narration there won't be any? I'm not sure if my 5 year old can remember his questions until the end.
2. ds6.5 is using emerging readers. On Friday his question was to tell me about Isaac. I know that he knows all of the information, he just doesn't know how to tell me everything he knows. So I ask prompting/leading questions. (Was he an only child? Who are his parents? Was he sad to get a wife? etc.) Is this what I am supposed to be doing to extract the information? Do the kids just catch on and begin offering more info as they get used to it?
3. ds5 doesn't seem to know the answers to the storytime questions on Reddy Fox. I read it during snack time and I feel like he is listening to the story and that he could answer factual questions, but there is definitely some deduction occurring to answer some of the questions. I assume it will take some practice?
I'm very excited about LHFHG and we are having a fun time. I see the great amount of wisdom and thought that is put into the questions. I look forward developing these types of thinking skills in my children.
These are probably newbie questions, but I appreciate your help!
