- book about colors
- strips of color paper (of colors that appear in book)
- color
MA Standards:
Literature/ RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
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: Educator’s Choice, Unit 2, Week 4
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Stem Key Concepts: There are many different colors
ELA Focus Skills: Concepts of Print, Interpreting Illustrations, Parts of a Book, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Read aloud one of your favorite books about color, or reread Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong or The Colors of Us by Karen Katz to reinforce the concepts of the unit.
- You may want to focus on particular colors for this read. Ask children to choose which colors they want to focus on before you begin reading.
- You may want to review different colors by passing out a color strip to each child and asking them to raise it in the air if you are reading a page about their color. For example, if you read (from Red Is a Dragon) “Green are the toads beneath my pail,” any child with a green strip should raise it in the air. You may wish to let children choose the book they want you to read from the Library Center.