J. Jean Robertson - Everyone Goes to School

Before & After Reading Activities

Level: G Word Count: 220 words 100th word: these

Teaching Focus: Endings: -ies- Locate the word libraries and activities from the text. Write the word and the root word next to each other. How does the root word change when making it plural, to mean more than one? Review how the letter y is changed to i before adding es. Practice writing the plural form using other words that end in y. Before Reading: Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book, it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies.

This will help them develop their vocabulary, increase their reading comprehension, and make connections across the curriculum. Read the title and look at the cover. Lets make predictions about what this book will be about.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, the Table of Contents, glossary, bolded words, captions, charts/diagrams, or index.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 knowRead it again.After reading the book, complete the activities below.Content Area VocabularyUse glossary words in a sentence. Cyrillic equator homeschooled library buses private schools public schools 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.How are schools in the countries from the book similar to yours? How are they different? (Text to self connection)2.What are some ways students get information? (Summarize)3.What types of games do you and your friends play at recess? (Text to self connection)4.Why is having computers in schools important? (Asking questions)Extension Activity Schools across the world all have the same focus: To teach students.

But they have many differences and similarities to your school. Select another country that is not in the book and research things about the schools there. How long is a school day? What types of foods are served at lunch? Do they study different things than you? What language do they use? Then create a Venn diagram to display the similarities and differences between your school and the one you researched.