STORYTIME 3
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! This book offers, in poetic language, real information about sea animal life. Invite children to talk about the pages in the book they like most or have questions about and refer to the notes at the back of the book for more information about the animals.
One Nighttime Sea is a counting rhyme about creatures that move through the sea during the night while we sleep. The book counts up to ten and back down again, showing number words and numerals to match the beautiful illustrations.
Which sea animal did you find most interesting? Why?
Engage children with this action rhyme, making snapping and catching movements. There Was a Little Turtle There was a little turtle. He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle.
Which animal did you already know about? Which animal would you like to learn more about? Label What You See Take a quick walk outside. Point out natural objects and help children make illustrated labels for these items. Have children dictate the labels using one-word descriptions (plant, fish, flower, etc.). Reread This book features interesting and challenging vocabulary. Guide children to understand the words as you reread each page. Help children use the illustrations to better understand new or unfamiliar words. The picture shows turtles jumping into the water. The text says they plunge into the surf. What do you think plunge means? English Language Development Reinforce the number words for one through ten by having children count on their fingers first in their home language and then in English. Encourage children to use their fingers and join in saying the English number words as you read. Research Connection Cardinality is the idea that the last number counted represents the total quantity, regardless of the type of item being counted. Help children develop cardinality by exploring pages that show the same number but with different animals.
He climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow. He snapped at me. He caught the mosquito. He caught the flea. He caught the minnow. But he didn’t catch me!
Share the Read-Aloud Introduce One Nighttime Sea Show the cover and read the title and author’s/illustrator’s names.
This otter is floating in the nighttime sea. Let’s read the story to find out who else is awake in the sea at night.
Read Interactively As you read, help children notice the number words and numerals.
I see the number word in capital letters and the numeral in the corner of the page. Let’s count the animals that show that number.
Connect the Stories Display the books and talk about how all three connect to the natural theme of animals and water.
What water animals are in all three books? What did you learn about the water animals from each book?
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