Rainbows

Rainbows book cover — Rainbows Precious McKenzie

Rainbows — page 1 — Before After be about remaining text Reading Activities Teaching Focus Teacher-child conversations Teacher-child conversations play an important role in shaping what children learn Practice this and see how these conversations help scaffold your student’s learning 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 Let’s make predictions about what this book will 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 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know Content Area Vocabulary Use glossary words in a sentence droplets indigo prism refraction 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 Describe the color and shape of a rainbow Summarize 2 What happens to light when we use a prism Asking Questions 3 What happens when sunlight reflects off raindrops Asking Questions 4 Have you ever seen a rainbow in the sky Text to Self Connection Extension Activity Take a walk outside with an adult on a rainy day Look up at the sky Do you see a rainbow If you don’t see a rainbow keep walking Did you see a rainbow in the sky during your walk Take a picture or draw it

Rainbows

Rainbows

A scientific look at how rainbows are formed, why we can only see part of them, and how your location determines if you see one or not.

About This Book

By: Precious McKenzie

Illustrated by:

Published by: Rourke Educational Media

5-7Age Range

2.7AR

24Pages

EnvironmentSubject

550LLexile

5-20 minsReading Time

MGuided Reading

MFountas & Pinnell

28DRA

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