- roll
- slide
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
English Language Arts/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: Educator’s Choice, Unit 5, Week 4
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ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Making Connections, Vocabulary
Read aloud Samantha on a Roll by Linda Ashman, Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman, or another book about rolling or sliding.
Talk about how wheels or sliding movements are used in the story or shown in the concept book. Encourage children to make connections between the story/concept and their own experiences.