STORYTIME 1
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! Invite children to connect the book to their personal experiences.
This big book shows a group of fun-loving children and what they like best about each season. It is a great introduction to the four seasons and the typical weather and activities that are associated with each one.
What is your favorite thing to do in fall? Winter? Spring? Summer? Which is your favorite season in the story and why? Do we have each of these seasons where we live?
Engage children and activate their weather knowledge with this action chant. Weather Moves Let’s jump up and down (jump up and down) Heat hopping (hop) Blisterrrrr-ing our toes (stretch out the words as you touch toes) Up in the sky (point up to ceiling) Clouds coming—dark! (sway arms over head) Run for cover (run in place) Rain, coo-ooool rain, cools us down (slowly sit down) Share the Big Book Introduce Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens Show the book cover and read aloud the title and author’s and illustrator’s names. Explain that this book is about changing seasons and weather. What kinds of clothes are you wearing today? Why do you sometimes wear short sleeves? Long sleeves? Hats and gloves? What do you like to do in hot weather? In cold weather? Let’s read to see what the children in this book like to do.
Make a Seasons Book Have children draw a season they enjoy. Encourage them to draw what they like to do in that season. Ask them to dictate a sentence for you to write, using the name of the season. Help children connect the first letter and first sound of each word in the sentence (e.g., Fall starts with the letter F and the /f/ sound). Reread This big book has many repeating short words and phrases. It offers a perfect opportunity to focus on print awareness, especially words and letters. As you reread the book, point to each word and draw children’s attention to words that repeat ( yum , grass , drip , run , up , hot ). Encourage children to name the letters they see in those words. English Language Development Help English learners understand the recurring metaphor used to describe each season ( Summer is… ). Explain that this is a way of describing something by saying it is something else. Talk about specific examples (e.g., Spring is grass, grass, grass .) and what each one tells us about that season. Research Connection Children’s alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness are strong predictors of early reading success. A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language. Tying phonemes to written letters is an important part of early reading. Helping young children make letter-sound connections as you read will help them build these important skills.
Read Interactively As you read, help children match key ideas with each of the four seasons.
What season is this page about? How do you know? What do the children’s clothes tell you about the season?
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