Observation Of Reading Mickey's Alphabet Soupbook

The teacher was reading Mickey’s Alphabet Soup book. The teacher placed a big round plastic on the floor with the words “Who?” “What?” “Where?” and “When?” written on them. She also had a miniature cardboard to use as a spinner. She divided the students into the questions words category. The students seating on the “Who?” section will answer the “Who?” question and etc…. The teacher will allow one students from each group to spin until all of the students get a chance to spin. The teacher would ask the students sitting on the “Who?” side to answer, for instance, “Who is in the picture?” Then she would ask another student the “What?” question to answer, For example, “What are Mickey and Minnie making or adding to the soup?”

2. Was it implemented using individual instruction; small group, or entire classroom; and who taught or facilitated the interaction/instruction?
The teacher facilitated the interaction and instructions. The teacher instructed the students to seat down on the floor. She divided the students into groups.

3. What specific skill was targeted (phoneme or phonological awareness, letter/sound patterns, decoding/sounding out, reading fluency, spelling patterns, writing skills, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, etc.) and what specific materials/curriculum were used? The activity targeted the letter/sound patterns. Every page in the book she read was about an alphabet letter. In each alphabet page there are items that begins with the alphabet