We are finally getting our "real" curriculum started for this year! I'm working on planning our read-alouds. We're going to start with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I can't decide, though, whether we should do an end-of-the-book project or not. When I taught public school, I would always have them do some sort of report, project, etc at the end of a chapter book but I'm not sure I want to do that now. A part of me says just let them enjoy the story and not worry so much about having to "prove" that they learned something from it. KWIM? So, do you do a project when you finish a read aloud? If so, do you have any fun suggestions for something besides a typical book report? TIA
I have 2 different ways of making sure that they read and understand a book. the first is like this. list 3 things you learned from this story. what did you like most about this story? was there anything you didn't like about this story? The other way I do it is some times when I have the time I go through and make 2 or 3 questions from each chapter and they have to answer the questions after each chapter.
It probably depends on how old your kids are too. With young kids you can probably do some kind of craft or something along with it, depending on what book you read.
Mine are much younger than your oldest, but for read alouds I usually just require my oldest to narrate back to me after each chapter. My youngest needs a bit of prompting, so I usually ask him more specific questions first then have the oldest narrate the entire chapter. Why not do a fun activity after the book (or during) Have you seen the Narnian resources thread for the book? http://www.homeschoolspot.com/showthread.php?t=32075 We're reading the entire series and using Roar for discussion. But there aren't many fun ideas/resources out there for some of the books in the series, I'm sure we'll do much more when we get to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe....
