STORYTIME 3
In Let’s Play in the Forest, animal friends worry about the wolf as they play. But the wolf is busy getting dressed. This suspenseful story with a surprise ending has repeating text that allows even the youngest children to join in “reading.”
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! Invite children to talk about how the animals felt throughout the story. Why do the animals want to play in the forest while the wolf is not around? How do you think the animals felt when the wolf was busy getting dressed? Did the wolf surprise you at the end? Why? Do you think the animals will be afraid of the wolf the next time they want to play in the forest? Why or why not? Animal Welcome Help children make up a sound for each animal as they join the circle to play. Then guide children to use the story character cards to retell the story, making the sound for each animal. Support them by modeling how to welcome each animal into the circle. Talk about how it feels to receive a warm welcome to play. Reread When you reread the story, pause after the wolf finishes dressing and have children draw what else the wolf might do in the morning. Invite children to share these alternative endings. English Language Development Support ELs’ acquisition of clothing vocabulary by providing materials for children to dress a paper wolf figure as you read the story. Cut out paper underpants, undershirt, pants, T-shirt, socks, shoes, and jacket. Encourage children to repeat the name of each article of clothing as they dress the wolf. Research Connection Emergent reading involves a combination of recognizing known sight words and decoding unknown words. When young children build their experience with repeating text, they begin to automatically recognize some words. Those words become part of their sight word vocabulary, which will increase their future reading success.
Invite children to join in on the counting rhyme, “Ten in the Bed.” Ask children to identify the repeating parts of the song. Ten in the Bed There were ten in the bed, and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over!” They all rolled over and one fell out.
There were nine in the bed…. (continue counting down until...) There was one in the bed, and the little one said, “Good night!”
Share the Read-Aloud Introduce Let’s Play in the Forest Read aloud the book’s full title and ask children to consider why the animals might not want the wolf around. It seems like these animals really want to play in the forest—the letters in the speech balloon are huge, like the animals are yelling. Why do you think they don’t want the wolf around while they play? Let’s find out if they see the wolf in the forest. Read Interactively Invite children to join in as you read the two repeating sentences using two different character voices. Then ask about the wolf.
Why do you think the wolf is getting dressed? Where could the wolf be going?
Connect the Stories Display the books and talk about what is similar and different about the books.
What is the same in all three books? What is something different about each book? Which book did you like the most? Why?
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