All Kinds of Things 6-pack Author: Beth Becker ISBN: 9780478121773 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: B Strategy/Skill: Phonics, Making predictions, Making connections, Fluency Genre: Report Theme/Topic: Math, Art and Activity Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

Rings and things and buttons and bows.  In this book, seven children show us what they collect.

Features of the Book

• The use of nouns to label the collections.
• The “ings” word ending – “rings” and “things.”
• The regular plural form using “s.”
• The blends – “th” and “sh.”
• Repetition of the words – “I collect.”
• The use of capital and lowercase letters as a title convention.
• The high-frequency word “I.”

Purpose

All Kinds of Things can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• sharing own experiences related to the content of the story
• predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
• recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
• practicing rereading own writing to an audience

For more information please see our Lesson Plan