- book-browsing boxes
- author
- illustrator
- title
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/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.
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: 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.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Identifies personal characteristics, preferences, thoughts, and feelings.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Demonstrates age-appropriate independence in a range of activities, routines, and tasks.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Shows confidence in a range of abilities and in the capacity to accomplish tasks and take on new tasks.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
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.
Health Education 19: Practice independence and self-help skills.
Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 5, Week 3
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Skill Focus: Book Appreciation, Book Care and Handling, Concepts of Print, Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Encourage pairs of children to select books that interest them and to look at the words and pictures together.
- Ask pairs to identify parts of the book. (front cover, title, illustrator, etc.)
- Then invite them to take turns turning the pages.
- Acknowledge children for turning the pages gently and handling the books with care.
Have partners use the illustrations to "read" the book to one another. Suggest pairs take turns reading pages.