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 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 puente bridge billy goats time chivos tiempo turn turno wait esperar
the Three Billy Goats Gruff Bilingual Fairy Tales ENGLISH SPANISH Los Tres Chivitos retold by Carol Ottolenghi illustrated by Joshua Janes
Once upon a time there were three billy goats named Gruff There was Little Billy Goat Gruff There was Middle Billy Goat Gruff And there was Big Billy Goat Gruff Hace mucho tiempo había tres chivos de apellido Gruff Uno era pequeño Chivito Gruff Otro era mediano Chivo Gruff Y el otro era grande Chivote Gruff
