- Ten on the Sled (book)
- sled
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in a story or poem read aloud.
English Language Arts/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 Shows interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
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.
One-on-One Reading: Ten on the Sled #3
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Skill Focus: Concepts of Print, Letter Recognition, Listening and Speaking (Describing), Vocabulary
Read Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman aloud to individuals or small groups.
- Talk about the illustration on the cover and ask children what they think the book is about.
- Read the book together. Allow children to turn pages.
- Pause on a page when you notice something sparks a child's attention. Talk about it.
- Invite children to read along with you.
You may want to reread the book and invite children to count the animals on the sled as animals fall out of the sled.
- Then count down from ten as with children.
English Language Learners: Name some of the actions in the story and pantomime the action. Have children repeat the action words and pantomime after you.