Repeated Read Aloud Script

1. Teacher introduces new vocabulary (2 words per day)

Teacher: “Let's look at some words that are important to our story. First I'll tell you a word and
then we'll all practice saying it” (Hold up one vocabulary card. Say vocabulary word.) “Now it's
your turn.” (direct hand toward children.)
Children: (Say vocabulary word.)
Teacher: “Yes!” (Give children a short definition of word, printed on back of vocabulary cards)
“Your turn!”
Children: (Repeat your definition.)
(Repeat these line to introduce all vocabulary words.When vocabulary appears in the text,
bring it to the student's attention with one of the following cues: point to the picture, use a
gesture, use the word in a sentence to help define it, use a synonym.)
2. Teacher Introduces the book, title, author, illustrator, locates cover of book, and engages in
predictions
Teacher: “This is the front of the book. The title, or name, of our story is The Snowy Day. The
author is the person who wrote the book, the author of this book is Ezra Jack Keates. The
illustrator is the person that drew the pictures, the illustrator of this book is also Ezra Jack
Keates. What do you think this story might be about?
Children: (Respond.)
Teacher: “This book is about a little boy. In the book we will see the little boy play outside on a
snowy day. Let's read and find out what the little boy does on the snowy day
3. Teacher asks students to predict what will happen next midway through the story
(Stop and do prediction on page 25)
Teacher: “What do you think will happen next?”
Children: (respond.)
Teacher: “What makes you think that?” or “Is there something in the pictures of words that
makes you think that?”
4. Teacher summarizes the story with students
Teacher: “Let's talk about what happened in the story. What happened in the beginning?
Middle? And end of the story?”
(If children cannot answer this question, model review for them showing 1 page from the
beginning, middle, and end of the book, and summarizing what happened on each page.)
snowsuit

firm

piled

path
Warm clothing

Solid or hard

Put on top of
eachother

Small road
 tracks

smacking

round

pocket
Footprints or marks

hitting

circle

Part of clothing
 Possible Followup Activities

1. Snow Dough: mix equal parts lotion and corn starch (chill lotion in fridge before hand if able to.)
Set out in trays on a table or in a sensory bin

2. Snowball sorting: set out various sized cotton balls for kids to sort and arrange by size, add
toothpicks and see what children can build with the snowballs.

3. Snow paint: mix together 1 cup glue, 2 cups shaving cream, and ½ cup flour (add glitter if you
want) to make puffy snow paint

3. Melting Snow Activity: collect snow in different cups and have the children brainstorm the fastest
way to melt the snow. Try out their ideas in each cup and record the findings.