- book-browsing box
- books about color
- color
MA Standards:
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1: With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of printed and written text: books, words, letters, and the alphabet.
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.a: Handle books respectfully and appropriately, holding them right-side-up and turning pages one at a time from front to back.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts and Conventions: Understands conventions, such as print moves from left to right and top to bottom of a page.
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Recognizes how books are read, such as front-to-back and one page at a time, and recognizes basic characteristics, such as title, author, and illustrator.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 2, Week 2
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Skill Focus: Book Care and Handling, Concepts of Print, Parts of a Book, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to look at books with a buddy. Pair children and encourage them to work together to select a color book that interests them.
- Guide children to identify the front cover and the back cover of the book.
- Show children where to begin reading the story and where to stop.
- Then have children take turns as they carefully turn the pages and discuss the illustrations. Be available and encourage or guide children as needed.
- Acknowledge children for turning the pages gently and handling the books with care.