课上读绘本前，美国老师先讲了这个内容

实用高效的美式英语教学方法

原汁原味的美式英语幼小课堂

课堂实录系列：

美国老师读绘本前

文：芬芳

课堂实录系列

本期课堂实录，是美国老师给孩子们读绘本：Swan Harbor. 这是一本融合了数数的数字绘本。适合四岁五岁阶段的孩子们在阅读中学习数字。

读绘本前

T：Good job. Well we've been read about our story about called swan harbor. What's the name of our story?

S: Swan Harbor.

T: Yes. Swan Harbor is a story about how the harbor changes through the seasons through the seasons. If I point to this part of the book, what am I touching?

S: The cover page.

T: What if I turn it over?

S: The back page.

T: Oh, you're so smart. That's the back page. And this part is called …the title.

T: Exactly. Listen, listen, good job. Now we got the author Laura Rankin. She wrote the …words.

So what does the author do?

S: Write the words.

T: Exactly. Author writes the words. Say that.

S: Author writes the words.

T: Good job. Now what if I want to draw the pictures. If I draw all the pictures in here, I would be the …illustrator.

T: Good job. Good job.

读绘本前，老师介绍了以下概念：

Book title书名

Cover page 封面

Back page 封底

Author 作者

Illustrator 插画师

这些概念都属于“印刷文字的概念”（Concepts of Print），是美国孩子在幼儿园阶段就要学习了解的。但这部分内容，可能是我们容易忽视或者跳过的。

我们可以学习在这节课堂实录中，美国老师介绍这些概念的方式。

比如在介绍封面封底时，用手指着书，给孩子展示具体是书的哪个部分；介绍作者和插画师时，用了非常简单明确的语言来解释了什么是作者（Author writes the words.），什么是插画师（Illustrator draws the pictures.）

介绍单词

T: What is a harbor? What is a harbor? Raise your hand to tell me, what is a harbor? What's a harbor? Hevin? What did we say this harbor was?

S: Water.

T: Water. Water. Exactly. It's the water. Now the water is not the rough water by the sea, so in the harbor the animals were what?

S: Protecting.

T: Good. She knows that word. They were protecting. It was safe. Good job.

T: Next page, let's go over another vocabulary word we had over here. And Iris, raise your hand and tell me what do you think that iris was?

T: XXX, I love it. What is the iris, XXX? What is the word iris?

T: The flower, yes. Iris was a flower. What season season does an iris come up? It doesn't come out pop through the snow. It comes out what season does the iris come up?

S&T: The summer or sometimes the spring.

T: Good job.

这部分内容，是老师讲解词汇。这位老师是在读绘本前，先把重点词汇拎出来，帮助孩子们扫清词汇障碍。

在这里我想提一句，美国老师因为上课时多使用绘本教学，所以讲解哪些词汇也是老师自己挑选的。而挑选词汇时，老师们通常会遵循以下标准：

1、词汇数量大约是4-8个，包括词汇或短语；

2、选出的词汇通常不是口语词汇，而是稍微复杂的书面用语；

3、选对故事发展起关键作用的词汇；

4、选与日常生活相关的词汇；

如果按照以上标准无法选出，那么老师会根据这些标准自行补充相关词汇。

领读与跟读

T: We're going to do our story, ready? And you can do the echo read after me. hands down hands in left.

T: Swan Harbor. By Laura Ramkin.

T: One robin flies to its nest.

T: good job. Here is the robin flying to its nest.

T&S: Two baby robins chirp for food.

T: Here they are. And here is the number 2. good job.

Next page, we're reading right now.

T&S: Three squirrels live in the tree.

T: get ready? and here is the number, 3. good job. Let's count the squirrels. 1, 2, 3. good job. You're sitting so nice and big hands on your lap. Good job. You're looking at the book? Good job.

T: Four rabbits nibble clover.

T: What's that number? 4 . Let's count the rabbit.

S: 1,2,3,4.

T: good job. And how do I count?

S: Touching count.

T: I love you. Good job. You've got your brains on this morning.

T: Five irises bloom in the grass.

T: good job. And here're our five irises. Good job.

T: Six dragonflies dart through the air.

T: good job. Let's count. What's that number?

S: Six.

T: Good job. Let's put in the air. （在空中用手指头写数字6）

T: Good job. Remember your loop. Here we go. 1,2,3,4,5,6. Let's go. The seven, get ready.

T: Seven water lilies float on the pond.

T: good job. Here we go. My turn.

T: Eight sunfish swim under water.

T: Your turn. Good job. And what's that number?

S: 8

T: This one we have to practice in the air. Ready? Make an S and go back up. Good job. In there. Under the water. Now what season is this? Maybe is it winter?

T: No. this is...Say spring going into summer.

T: Nice turtles bask in the sun.