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MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.6: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas.
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.9: With promoting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.
Social and Emotional/Interpersonal Relationships/7.1: Explain why communication is essential in human relationships and identify people from whom children can learn how to communicate.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversation, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Approaches to Learning/Persistence & Attentiveness: Maintains interest in a project or activity until completed.
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation & Knowledge: Shows interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation & Knowledge: Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation & Knowledge: Demonstrates interest in different kinds of literature, such as fiction and non-fiction books and poetry, on a range of topics.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
English Language Arts/Language 3: Communicate personal experiences or interests.
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.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 13: Relate themes and information in books to personal experiences.
Read Together: Lola at the Library #1
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Before You Read
Tell children you are going to read Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn, a book about a girl who loves going to the library. Provide a listening focus. Say, As you listen to the story, pay attention to all the different things that Lola does at the library.
As You Read
Read slowly and with expression. Pause and ask questions such as,
- Pause when Lola is singing. Ask, Do you have singing time when you go to the library?
- Pause at storytime in the library. Ask, Can you think of another place where you listen to storytime with other children?
- Point to the children’s faces in the illustration. Say, Lola and the other children are good listeners, just like you.
- On the last page, point to the books that Lola’s mom is reading to her. Ask, What kinds of books does Lola’s mom read to her at bedtime? What kind of books do you like to have read to you at bedtime?
After You Read
Talk about the story with children. Help children connect Lola's story with their own library experiences. Ask question such as,
- What are some things that Lola does at the library? (she sings, listens to stories, looks at books, borrows books) Do you do some of the same things at your library?
- Lola likes a lot of things about library day. Let's make a list of what Lola likes about library day.
- What do you like best about going to the library? Add additional responses to the list.