Point of View

This week my students learned about point of view. This concept was difficult for many of my students to grasp, as they did not understand how a story could be told different ways. To address this my CT developed a lesson to show how point of view makes an impact. She used the book The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs to teach point of view. This children's book shows the wolf's side of the story. The wolf is the author and he tells the story. In this version, the wolf tries to prove he is not the bag guy. This differs from the traditional tale where the pigs tell the story and the wolf is strictly a villain.

To help my students understand the story and the concept, my CT and I used technology to have the story be read to the students. She played a video with images of the story being told. The students read along on their own hard copy. This helped all the readers. Classrooms That Work states that read alouds can help motivate students to read and developed an interest in books. This read aloud captured my students' attention and they seem more interested after the story ended. In addition, Classrooms That Work state that read alouds can help English Language Learners. Half of my students are ELLs. Read alouds can help students develop an English vocabulary, as it give them more exposure to words and the context of them.

The read aloud modeled fluency and helped both auditory and visual learners. I circulated during the reading to help students track the words being read and make sure they were listening. My students were engaged during the reading and loved hearing the story from the wolf's point of view.

Strategies That WorkMy CT made the assumption that the all the students knew the traditional tale. I saw a student struggling to understand the story. I addressed this concern but talking to him and learned he did not know the original tale and he thought all stories could be only told one way. He had the misconception that this story was only told from one point of view. states that misconceptions dispute meaning and keep students form understanding. To accommodate the student, I helped him read the original tale during independent reading time. This helped him understand the story and how point of view is important. I was trying to clear up the misconception how a story cannot be told many ways. We talked about how our points of views can be different, just like the wolf’s point of view and pigs’. This help made the lesson relevant to him. The student also recorded information from the story below. He can refer back to this to compare the two story when he finishes both stories! This was a fomative assessment to show his learning.

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