- A Cool Drink of Water (book)
- collect
- store
MA Standards:
Reading for Informational Text/RI.P.MA.6: With prompting and support, “read” illustrations in an informational picture book by describing facts learned from the pictures (e.g., how a seed grows into a plant).
MA Draft STE Standards:
Earth and Space Sciences/Earth and Human Activity/ESS3.A: Engage in discussion and raise questions using examples about how humans use local resources (e.g., soil, water) to meet their needs. [Cause and Effect]
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.
Science and Technology/Life Sciences 10: Observe and identify the characteristics and needs of living things: humans, animals, and plants.
One-on-One Reading: A Cool Drink of Water
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Skill Focus: Book Appreciation, Compare and Contrast, Vocabulary
Read A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley aloud to individuals or small groups. As you read each page, have children point to and identify how people are using water. Discuss how people around the world may collect, store, and use water differently, but that everyone everywhere needs water. Ask questions such as,
- How do people collect or store water?
- How do people use water?
Encourage children to tell the story by “reading” the illustrations.