Thanks, Sara Heath. Here is another book like Joyful Noise.
Hoberman, M. (2004). You read to me, I’ll read to you: Very short fairy tales to read together. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
Plot Summary:
Eight
popular fairy tales are presented as short, unique poems. Each one is a
variation on the tradition fairy tale and is meant to be read by two
readers out loud. The rhyming stories are color-coded to show when the
voices speak separately or in unison.
Literary Elements:
The You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You
books are such a wonderful addition to an elementary classroom library!
They are sure to entice beginning as well as advanced readers. With the
style of writing meant to
be read aloud by two readers, two students can read together, an
advanced reader with a struggling reader, or an adult can read along
with a student or the whole class. The changing colors
of the text allow the readers to easily see when it is their turn to
read. One reader reads aloud one side (in red), the other reads the
other side (in purple), and they read together when the text is in the
middle and in blue. Each fairy tale is a rhyming poem.
For example in one story the text says, “I lost my way. I found your
house and thought I’d stay.” The long a sound is heard in the words way and stay and shows an example of how assonance is used within the poems as well. Alliteration is also used throughout the fairy tales and can be seen and heard in the example, “green and gold is really grand.”
Curriculum Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.5:
Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other
visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate
to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Curriculum Activity:
To
practice expression and fluency, students can be paired together to
practice reading one of the fairy tales. With teacher support, each pair
can record their poem using an online resource such as Animoto and
present them to the class. With Animoto students can create their own
illustrations to add to the video or choose from pictures or clip art,
then they can add words or voice to the video. Storybird is also a great
resource to use and has better options for illustrations to use with a
story; however, audio is not an option.
