J. Jean Robertson - Everyone Travels

Before & After Reading Activities

Level: G Word Count: 232 words 100th word: types

Teaching Focus: Maps- Locate the color-coded maps in each section. How do the maps help you as you read about different countries? How does the color coding make a difference? 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. 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. aerial el gondola motorized minicars subways wheelchairs 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.What is public transportation? What are some examples? (Asking questions)2.How does transportation help people? (Summarize)3.Have you used a taxi before? What kind of taxi was it? (Text to self connection)4.Why do people use many types of transportation when traveling to far places? (Infer)Extension Activity Look through the book and choose a country that you would like to visit. Now think about how you would travel to that country. List all the possible transportation options you have. Children travel to school in different ways. Children travel to school in different ways.

Some walk, some ride bicycles, some go in cars or buses. Some even go by dogsled! How do you go to school? When you travel inside a building, you may walk, or ride on an escalator, an elevator, or even a moving sidewalk. Special are made for people who need help traveling. They may be used inside or outside. In big cities, many people use public transportation. Some people hire taxis to take them places. Some people hire taxis to take them places.

Some taxis are cars. Some are boats. Others are carts pulled by animals. Some are carts powered by a person riding a bicycle. Boys and girls who do not live in a city may travel by riding on animals. People can travel to the tops of high mountains in a tramway. People can go down into mines on wooden slides or in an underground gondola. Some people travel long distances. Some people travel long distances.

They may go to other towns, states, or countries. Trains, airplanes, and boats often take people far from home. How many ways do you travel from here to there?