- The Little Red Hen (book)
- flour
- grain
- ground
- mill
- wheat
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.6 With prompting and support, “read” the illustrations in a picture book by describing a character or place depicted, or by telling how a sequence of events unfolds.
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in a story or poem read aloud.
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 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.
One-on-One Reading: The Little Red Hen #3
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Skill Focus: Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Read aloud The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone to individuals or small groups. As you read:
- Invite children to join in on the repeating phrase “Not I.”
- Pause on pages that spark children's attention to allow them time to explore and talk about the details in the illustrations.
After reading the story, talk about things the children have been learning about seeds and planting. For example, point out how the hen finds a grains of wheat. Hold up the illustration and ask children what the grains look like. (seeds) Talk about what the hen does with the grains. (plants them).
Ask children to think about all the steps the hen takes to grow the wheat.
- Make a list of the steps.
- Then do a picture walk through the book to fill in any missed steps.
- Ask children to retell the story. Help them to connect the hen's planting of seeds to plants children have planted.