We Dance 6-pack Author: Beth Becker ISBN: 9780478122039 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Forming opinions, making judgements, Making predictions, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Celebrations and Traditions, Leisure and Recreation Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

Walton Walker’s photographs show the fun, the colors, and the action as a group of Native American people gather to enjoy themselves and to buy and sell traditional crafts.

Features of the Book

• Sentences spread over two pages.
• The “dr” blend – “drum.”
• The “ch” word ending – “march” and “watch.”
• The repeated words – “some of us.”
• The verbs – “ride,” “sit,” “march,” “watch,” "drum,” and “dance.”
• The high-frequency words – “At,” “the,” and “and.”
• Clear type, consistently placed.

Purpose

We Dance 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
• predicting the meanings of new or unfamiliar words from the context of the story
• responding to simple questions about the story’s content
• writing a story that incorporates a similar model to that of the book

For more information please see our Lesson Plan