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Things That Help Me
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478122145
Grade Level:
K
Reading Level:
C
Strategy/Skill:
Making predictions, Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Using graphic sources
Genre:
Report
Theme/Topic:
Art and Activity, Science and Technology
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
This book takes a look at the simple technology that children use every day at school. Each common tool is named, and the sound it makes is
emphasized by the creative use of typography.
Features of the Book
- The elements of rhythm and rhyme.
- The blends – “sn,” “ch,” and “cl.”
- The high-frequency word “My.”
- The repetitive element in the text.
- Strong photographs provide visual clues to meaning.
- The use of creative typography as a support.
- Clear, bold text, consistently placed.
Purpose
Things That Help Me can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:
- predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
- identifying onset and rime within words
- recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
- writing labels for a specific purpose
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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