Bonnie Carole - School Uniforms, Yes or No

Before & After Reading Activities

Level: J Word Count: 389 words 100th word: or

Teaching Focus: Concepts of Print: Ending Punctuation- Have students locate the ending punctuation for sentences in the book. Count how many times a period, question mark, or exclamation point is used. Which one is used the most? What is the purpose for each ending punctuation mark? Practice reading these sentences with appropriate expression. Before Reading: Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book, it is important to set the stage for your child or students by using pre-reading strategies. This will help them develop their vocabulary, increase their reading comprehension, and make connections across the curriculum. 1.Read the title and look at the cover.

Lets make predictions about what this book will be about.2.Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures/photographs in the book. Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk. Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings, Table of Contents, glossary, bolded words, captions, charts/diagrams, or Index.3.Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the remaining text.4.Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading.
- Get your mouth ready
- Look at the picture
- Thinkdoes it make sense
- Thinkdoes it look right
- Thinkdoes it sound right
- Chunk it by looking for a part you know5.Read it again.6.After reading the book complete the activities below.Content Area VocabularyUse glossary words in a sentence. agree arguments autonomy conformity disagree issue opponents proponents After Reading: Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book, work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery. 1.Explain how school uniforms affect your decision-making skills? (Summarize) 2.What are your thoughts on school uniforms? (Text to self connection) 3.Why would regular clothing distract students? (Asking questions) 4.What are ways you can share your opinion? (Summarize) Extension Activity Think about what jobs require uniforms. Why do they require uniforms? Would the jobs be just as impactful without the uniform? Think of 3 arguments for and 3 arguments against uniforms in the workplace.