- small number chart or cards
- Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs (book)
- drip
- splash
- water
MA Standards:
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: Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs
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Skill Focus: Concepts of Print, Counting, Number Concepts, Number Recognition, Vocabulary
Read aloud Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs by Carol Roth to individuals or small groups.
- As you read, ask volunteers (or help children) to point to the pigs.
- As a volunteer points to the pigs, count aloud together.
When you finish reading the first part of the book, ask a child to watch very closely. Then turn the book upside down and around!
- Explain that there is a different story on the pages about the pigs.
- Ask children to describe what is different about the two covers.
- Then open the book and to begin the second story.
- Count aloud the number of pigs with children as you finish each page.
- Explain the meaning of unfamiliar words such as grime, grit, pose, primp, and slime.