- loud
- volume
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.2 Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy Identifies personal characteristics, preferences, thoughts, and feelings.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
Health Education 16 Recognize and describe or represent emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, fear, sadness.
Watch Together: “Ruby Sings the Blues” (BTL show) #2
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Active Listening, Making Connections, Vocabulary
Before You Watch
Watch the video Between the Lions “Ruby Sings the Blues” again with children. Set a new viewing focus; say, This time when you watch, listen for clues that show how the people in Ruby’s life feel about her voice’s volume.
As You Watch
Talk with children about how the characters react to Ruby’s loudness. Pause the video at points and ask questions such as:
- Why do you think the boy on the second floor says he couldn’t hear himself think? What do you think he means when he says that?
- What did Ruby’s classmates do to show they didn’t like Ruby’s loudness?
After You Watch
Talk with children about times they have been loud and how it has affected the people (or animals) around them. Say,
- Have you ever been too loud? How did you know you were too loud?
- When is it OK to be loud? (at birthday parties, while playing, etc.)
Talk with children about other ways people can be loud (by making noise with objects, singing, etc.) and how that makes the people around them feel.
