Introduction

Ms. Lois Neumann is a first grade teacher in Union City, New Jersey. It is close to the end of the school year. She is reading Little Red Riding Hood to her first-grade students. All students in the class can read, although some students came into Ms. Neumann's class without reading skills.
Listen to Ms. Neumann describe her class.

Ms. Neumann pays special attention to the pre-reading tasks such as the K and W of the KWL process. As she begins to read, she allows the children to examine the cover and the title page, with particular emphasis on the author and illustrator.

Go to the Read Aloud Module.