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MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6 Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10 Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #1
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ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Distinguish Between Fantasy and Reality, Making Connections, Phonological Awareness (Rhythm and Rhyme), Recognize Environmental Print, Vocabulary
Before You Read
Show children the book cover. Point to the words as you read aloud the title. Ask, Who do you think B. B. Wolf is? Guide children to understand that it is the Big Bad Wolf. Say, B. B. are his initials. An initial is the first letter of a name. B. B. are the initials for Big and Bad. What are the initials of your first and last name?
Read the names of the author and illustrator and say, This is another story about the three little pigs, but this time we hear the big bad wolf’s side of the story. Provide a listening focus. Say, Why does the wolf say he tried to blow down the pigs’ houses?
As You Read
Read slowly and with expression. Hold the book so that children can see the pictures.
- Read the story straight through so children can follow and enjoy the humor. There are puns and references the children may not fully understand, but they may get the gist.
- Use facial expressions, gestures, and your voice to demonstrate the meaning of words such as cackled, dismal, pawed, snagged, squealed, and squeaked.
After You Read
Talk about the story with children. Ask,
- Did you like the story? What part did you like best?
- What does Wolf say is the reason he blew down the (first, second, third) piggy’s house?
- Do you believe the wolf? Why or why not?
English Language Learners: Name some of the words and pantomime the action. Have children repeat the words and pantomime the actions after you.