Students will make connections between the text and life experiences, or other texts.
Students will be able to make inferences and predictions from the text.
Student will practice visualizing and making mental images.
Students will be introduced to figurative language.
Students will be prompted to ask questions bout what they are reading.
Students will identify problems and solutions in a given text.
Students will synthesize while reading a text.
Students will engage in learning dialogues with teacher and peers.
Students will search the text to select appropriate information when answering questions.
Students will restate the meaning of the text in their own words.
Students will visualize or construct meaning of the text through graphic organizers.

Texts covered in this course include:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viors
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes
Puddles by Jonathan London
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Priven
The Empty Pot by Demi
Grandfather Twighlight by Barbara Helen Berger
Enemy Pie by Derek Muson
Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

In order to comply with copyright, I ask you to please obtain a copy of each book, though children may just listen during class time.