- book-browsing boxes
- books about sound
- author
- back cover
- front cover
- illustrator
- loud
- letter
- soft
- sound
MA Standards:
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.
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: 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.
Language Development/Expressive Language: Engages in conversations with peers and adults.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 13: Relate themes and information in books to personal experiences.
Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 3, Week 2
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Skill Focus: Book Appreciation, Book Care and Handling, Concepts of Print, Vocabulary
Encourage children to select a book that interests them and to look at the words and pictures on their own or with other children. Ask children to talk to you about the things in the book that make sound. Ask children to qualify the sounds the things make as either soft or loud. When finished, ask them to identify which thing makes the softest sound and which makes the loudest sound.