- absorb
- drop
- laundry
MA Standards:
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.2: With prompting and support, retell a sequence of events from a story 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.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.9: With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.
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: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash #2
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STEM Key Concepts: Wet things become dry as water evaporates (changes from a liquid to a gas)
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Before You Read
Hold up the book for children to see. Ask children to recall events in the story and tell what the main idea of the story is in a complete sentence. (“This is about Mrs. McNosh who hangs up silly things to dry.” “This book is about a woman named Mrs. McNosh who is doing laundry.”)
As You Read
Read slowly and with expression, emphasizing the rhythm of the words. Have children point out all the water drops in the illustrations as you read.
After You Read
Do an illustration walk with children to review the book. Encourage children to connect back to their earlier explorations with evaporation. Ask,
- How will all the objects get dry? What will happen to the water in the clothes?
- Can you point to something on Mrs. McNosh’s clothesline that does not absorb water? Something that does absorb water?
Have children name silly things they would hang on Mrs. McNosh’s clothesline.