Teaching Tips Lilac Level 0 This book focuses on teaching the earliest readers how to read a book by following images and text from left to right Discuss the title Ask readers what they think the book will Before Reading be about Read the Book Encourage readers to describe what they see on each page Ask questions to help readers understand the story and its progression What happens at the beginning of the book What happens at the end of the book How do we know After Reading Ask readers what part of the book they liked best Have them find the page or pages that showed this Have readers imagine a different ending for the book What else could have happened
About Reading When we read a book we go from left to right like this Some books just have pictures like this Some books have words and pictures like this 3