Time for a Change 6-pack Author: Diana Noonan ISBN: 9780478122152 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Forming opinions, making judgements, Information skills, Phonemic awareness Genre: Report Theme/Topic: Change over Time, Earth Science, Weather Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

Time for a Change explores changes in nature and the way that living things make transitions.

Features of the Book

• The predictable position and pattern of the text.
• Two words change on pages 2, 4, and 6 to reflect the content in the illustrations.
• The way the title is repeated on each new spread.
• The high-frequency words – “for,” “to,” “And,” “a,” and “me.”
• Large, bold print for effect.
• The way the illustrations blend in the middle of each spread.

Purpose

Time for a Change can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• sharing ideas about the story with others in the group
• pointing one-to-one at each word to ensure an appropriate match
• collecting information relating to the story to share with others

For more information please see our Lesson Plan