STAR Books

Each week, students are introduced to a new STAR book. STAR stands for Story Telling And Retelling. Mrs. Doiron reads the book every day after recess. We use this book to learn about several aspects of comprehension; setting, characters, and sequence of events (what happened in the beginning, middle, and ending of the story). Our first STAR book was Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall. In addition to this book, students heard six other versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We compared the stories, looking for similarities and differences. In some stories, Goldilocks ate the porridge first, then sat in the chairs and slept in the beds, while in other versions she sat in the chairs first, then ate the porridge and slept in the beds! In this photo, you see students placing pictures in order to show the sequence of events in James Marshall's version of the story. Ask your students who the characters were in this story and where it took place. Our next STAR book will be Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell. Do you know how Clifford got to be so big? Ask your child...