𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀:
Children will enjoy stories of how others, live, play, work, and feel in this big beautiful world.  Each week a new picture book will be read while children listen. A PPT will contain pictures from the book for children to view as the teacher reads. 
After the story, time permitting, we will talk about the book. Some books are longer than others. The teacher will embellish the stories with expression and voices to match the characters.
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀:
Children will be invited to respond to questions such as, "Where in the world does this story take place?"
"How is their life different from yours?" 
"How is it the same?"
"What happened in the story?"
"What would you do?" 
𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻:
1. Welcome and a brief ice-breaker questions children will be invited to answer. (I do not force kids to answer, but I do encourage participation.) 
2. Introduce the story
3. Read the story
4. Follow-up with comprehension and thought questions children can answer. (When the story is long and time is short, parents can access the comprehension questions in the classroom posted as a document. Then they can talk with their children afterwards, if they wish to do so. 
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
The Parent document will  contain ideas for extension activities and comprehension. 
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦
The beginning classes will feature these books: 
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟮  - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲  
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵 - 𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲- 𝗨𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 
𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮- 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺'𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹