Tuesday: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Tuesday: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Perfect for educators who work with students with emergent literacy skills, complex communication needs, or language delay disorders, the Tuesday Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet brings a comprehensive set of activities to engage learners. Covering various aspects of communication and shared reading tasks, this resource aids in nurturing holistic language abilities. Ideal for early learning environments, it fits seamlessly into preschool, kindergarten and grade 1 curriculums.

This comprehensive packet revolves around a specific theme – frogs and wordless picture books - targeting both core vocabulary like 'Over', 'In', 'Down' as well as fringe/additional core vocabulary strips. Providing detailed instructions for shared reading activities such as picture walks and repeated readings helps teachers lead engaging sessions smoothly.

Supplemental Activities:

• Comprehension worksheets
• Letter identification exercises within texts
• Rhyme exclusion tasks to strengthen foundation literacy skills

Students will find story props helpful during shared reading time while these can also enhance their storytelling abilities during retell activities. Comprehension is further boosted through the utilisation of CROWD questions that elicit multiple language skills catering to different learners' styles.

The element of predictability has been taken care via sentence stem writing activities that come included in this package while character description webs handy tool to explore multiple language targets more dynamically. To round off the educational experience are one to three hands-on art or science themed-activities opening up avenues beyond mere bookish knowledge.

Suitability:

Whether working on an individual student level or scaling it up for small group instruction or even full-class teaching format, this packet proves its versatile functionality impressively without sacrificing engagement - proving it's just not an ordinary book companion but one that caters holistic learning needs effectively.

Subsubjects:

• Special education needs (SEN)
• Speech therapy

All material is contained in a downloadable PDF file format for easy access and utilization. Enjoy the unique blend of creativity, communication, and comprehension skills with the Tuesday Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet.

Theme: Frogs, Wordless Picture Books

Letter Focus: a

>Core Word: Over, In, Down

>Fringe/Additional Core Vocabulary Strips

>Story Props

>Sequence/Story Retell Worksheet

>Comprehension Worksheet

>Letter Identification Worksheet

>Letter Identification Within Text Worksheet

>Rhyme Exclusion Worksheet

>Rhyme Generation Worksheet

>Concept Check Worksheet

>CAR/CROWD Story Supports

>Character & Story Element Description Webs (x3)

>Sentence Stem Shared Writing Activities (x2)

>Art Activity

>STEM Activity