Bonnie Carole - Brown and Orange in Fall

Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings, the 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 know 5.Read it again. 6.After reading the book complete the activities below. High Frequency WordsFlip through the book and locate how many times the high frequency words were used. are brown fall is its or orange the theyre what 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.Why do you wear sweaters in the fall? (Asking questions) 2.What is a rake used for? (Summarize) 3.Why do the cornstalks change from green to brown? (Inferring) 4.What is your favorite thing to do in the fall? (Text to self connection) Extension Activity Create your own fall tree! Gather red, yellow, brown, orange, and green construction paper and a large piece of white butcher paper or poster board.

Using the brown construction paper, draw a tree trunk and cut it out. This will be the trunk of your tree. You can glue this to the white paper. Next, trace your hand on the different colored paper. Cut out each hand and glue them on the white paper above the trunk. Continue to trace your hand and cut it out until you have created a full, colorful, fall tree.

How many hands do you count? You can create a fall background using markers or paints.