Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #3

Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.4: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in a story or poem read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.10: Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature 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: Chicks and Salsa #3

STEM Key Concepts: Many foods that animals, including humans, eat come from plants; We eat certain leaves, roots, fruits, and seeds

ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Listening and Speaking, Story Comprehension (Recall and Retell)

Before You Read
Tell children that you will read the book Chicks and Salsa again. Show the book cover. Have children read the title with you and locate the names of the author and illustrator. Set a focus for children by having them name any root or leaf vegetables they recognize as you read.

As You Read

Let children choose favorite pages and describe what is happening in the illustration.
Encourage children to identify any root or leaf plants they see in the book.

After You Read
Have children describe a scene that includes the plants that they like best.

Take It Further: Talk about the difference between a farm and a garden with children. Say, The author tells about different plants that grow on Nuthatcher’s farm. How is a farm different from a garden?

Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #3

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Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #3