24 Book Time 25How Kids Grow
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Build Vocabulary Build SkillsHow Kids Growby Jean Marzollo
Let’s see how children change as they grow.
Learning Goals
English-Language Learners
Informal Assessment
➤Content Knowledge:Growingup➤Oral Language/Vocabulary Concepts:
Growingwords(change, grow, month, old, year)➤Comprehension:Sequence
SummarizeHelpchildrensummarizeaftereachsectioninthebookbyreviewingwhatthechildcandoatthatparticularage.
➤Arechildrenusingthetimewordsandconceptsintheirresponses?
➤Dochildrenunderstandthesequenceofdevelopmentthatispresentedthebook?
Read to ExploreReadaloudthetitleofthebookanddiscussthepicturesonthecover.Explainthatthisbooktellsinformationaboutdifferentchildrengrowingup.Pagethroughthebookandhelpchildrenidentifythechildrenineachsectionandwhattheyaredoing.
Aschildrenengagewiththephotographs,usethefollowingquestionstohelpthemmakeconnectionstotheirownexperiences.
•Whendobabiesstarttoplaywithbrothersandsisters?Whatgamescantheyplay?
•Whydoyouthinkbabiescrawl?Whycan’ttheywalkyet?
•Whatkindsofgamesdolittlechildrenliketoplayastheygetolder?
Tellchildrenthatyouwillreadthebooktofindoutmoreabouthowchildrenchangeastheygrow.
DiscussionHelpchildrenseethegrowthanddevelopmentthattakesplaceinthebookbycomparingwhatbabies,toddlers,andyoungchildrencanandcan’tdo.Askquestionslike,“Canababyrideabike?Whyorwhynot?”Thenpointoutwhatdevelopmentmustoccurfirst,suchasfirstbeingabletocrawl,thenbecomingstrongenoughtowalkandclimbstairs,finallylearningtobalanceonabikeandpedalatthesametime.
Reread for MeaningHelpchildrenunderstandthepassageoftimebyrereadingthebookandtalkingabouttheirownexperiences.
Asyoureread,pauseaftereachsectionanddiscussthedevelopmentthattakesplace.Usepromptsandquestionstohelpchildrenrelatethetexttotheirownexperiences.Forexampleonpage8–9:
Brittany is six months old. She watches her big sister. What else can she do now? I can imagine what she looked like when she was just born. She has grown a lot. Her body has changed and now she can play a little.
Oral LanguageHavechildrenbringinphotographsofthemselveswhentheywerebabiesortoddlers.Inviteindividualchildrentosharethephotographwiththeclassandtellhowoldtheywere.Refertothepartofthebookwiththatagetoseewhattheycouldprobablydoandencouragechildrentodiscuss.
Reread to ComprehendDuringthisreading,helpchildrenunderstandthesequenceofdevelopmentoccurringthroughoutthebook.Usethefollowingpromptsandquestionstogivethemanopportunitytoexplorethisconcept.
Pages 10-11:Anine-montholdbabyisstrongerthananewbornbabyandcanclaphandsandcrawl.
Pages 12-13:Aone-year-oldisthreemonthsolderandhaslearnedtowalkandtalk.
Pages 14-15:Thistoddlercandraw,swing,andpushalawnmower.Hissmilehaschanged,nowhehas12teeth!
Pages 18-19:Atwo-and-half-year-oldislearninghowtobuildthingsandtakecareofhimself.Lookhowmuchhe’sgrown.
Pages 26-27:Thisboyisinschoolandismuchtallerthantheyoungerkids.Nowhecanwritehisownname!
WritingThenhaveeachchilddrawtwopicturesofhim-orherselfatdifferentages.Thefirstoneshouldbeadrawingthatshowswhattheycoulddoasababy.Thesecondoneshouldbeadrawingofthemselvesnow.Helpchildrenlabelthedrawings,includingtheirageineach.Encouragechildrentosharethesedrawingswithfamilymembers.
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