Before Reading Activities Notes to Parents and Teachers In Stage 2 of literacy development confirmation and fluency a child can typically read simple familiar stories and selections with increasing fluency Have children practice reading fluently to support this stage of literacy development Take turns reading pages with your child or students so you can model what fluent reading sounds like Ask them to recount story details such as character names and event sequences typic children practice rs reading pages with them to recount Before Reading Bilingual books help build vocabulary in both languages As your child or students read ask them to look for these words and tell you how they are related bebé baby husband marido triste unhappy wife esposa bruja witch
Rapunzel Bilingual Fairy Tales ENGLISH SPANISH retold by Melissa Blackwell Burke illustrated by Shelly Brant
Once upon a time there was a couple who longed to have a child Years passed with only the two of them At last it seemed that their wish would come true The wife would soon have a child Before the baby was born the wife liked to sit by a window It looked out on a grand garden filled with beautiful flowers and plants The garden was a wonder but no one dared to enter it It belonged to a witch who surrounded it with a high wall Érase una vez una pareja que ansiaba tener un niño Pasaban los años y estaban ellos dos solos Por fin parecía que su deseo se iba a hacer realidad La mujer pronto tendría un niño Antes de que naciera el bebé a la mujer le gustaba sentarse junto a una ventana Miraba hacia un jardín enorme lleno de flores y plantas preciosas El jardín era una maravilla pero nadie se atrevía a entrar en él Pertenecía a una bruja que lo había rodeado de un muro alto
