- book-browsing box
- books about color
- author
- color
- illustrator
- title
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 3
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Skill Focus: Book Care and Handling, Concepts of Print, Parts of a Book, Vocabulary
Select a book about color from the browsing box to demonstrate book handling to children before they explore the books on their own.
- Draw attention to the front and back covers. Open the book and turn pages one at a time.
- Discuss what children see on the covers, prompting them to name the title, author, and illustrator.
- Have them share what they think the book will be about by just looking at the covers.
Then have children choose a book individually or in pairs and direct them to "read" the words and pictures.
- Encourage them to use the color vocabulary they have learned to identify and describe the different colors in the book.
- As children explore the books, observe how they handle and care for books.