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 boy fish fox puppet son niño pez zorro títere hijo
Pinocchio Pinocho Bilingual Fairy Tales ENGLISH SPANISH retold by Carol Ottolenghi illustrated by Jim Talbot
Long ago there was a village snuggled deep in the Blue Mountains The Blue Fairy watched over the village and all of the people in it Hace mucho tiempo había una aldea enclavada en las montañas Azules El Hada Azul cuidaba de la aldea y de todas las personas que vivían en ella 2
