- Toy Boat (book)
- bellowed
- boat
- draft
- drift
- ocean
- quiver
- spray
- tired
- wake
- water
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.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge Shows interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
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.
One-on-One Reading: Toy Boat
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Skill Focus: Listening and Speaking, Distinguishing Fantasy, Story Comprehension, Visualizing, Vocabulary
Read Toy Boat by Randall de Sève aloud to individuals or small groups. As you read, keep the book facing you, and have children close their eyes and visualize, or imagine, what is happening in the book.
Pause on the pages that spark children's attention and discuss the words and illustrations.
Read with expression to emphasize the boat’s personalities and the words that describe the movement of the ocean water.
Talk about the storm and how it affected the boat. Encourage children to predict what might happen next before you turn the page.
After you read, ask questions to help children connect to and comprehend the story, such as:
- Have you ever been on a boat? On a boat in a storm? How did you feel?
- Do you think a toy boat could survive on the open ocean water?
- Do you think the story is true or make-believe? Why do you think that? (boats talking)