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After reading, discuss simple “who, what, where” questions or retell key events using visuals or props.

Have the learner demonstrate their knowledge by providing words/pictures/sentences based on a provided scene from the book.

Have the learner demonstrate their knowledge by answering questions pertaining to the book.

Have the learners engage in a variety of vocabulary words by providing describing words, action words, and nouns to create a silly story about the book a month!

Engage with the vocabulary and/or characters within a DIY repetitive book. Eg. “Zack, Zack what do you see? I see a… looking at me.” ...

Have the learners choose what they would rather be, place they would rather go, food they would rather eat, scene they would rather live in, etc. Get creative with it and have fun!

Engage with the vocabulary and/or characters in silly scenes! Have the learners place the pictures in the scenes. Model sentences, comments, and negation.

Place vocab cards out into the environment (on the table, down the hall, in the book, etc.). Have the learner match the vocabulary using another set of vocabulary. Compare cards, talk about the vocabulary.

Place vocab cards on the bowling pins. Whichever one gets knocked down, talk about that vocabulary. Have fun with it!

Make the book come to life! Act out the book by pretending to be the characters or moving the character pictures around in the scene, the wordless book, or the book itself.

Once you’ve built a scene, have your learner label their scene! Encourage your learner to talk about what they have created and write down the labels they provide.

Make a scene related to the book come to life by sticking book images, objects, pictures, fabrics, etc. to a picture scene. This can be virtual or done on paper/poster board.

The learners vote on an exciting topic corresponding to the book (e.g., “Would you want to eat scrambled snake or owl ice cream!?”).

Search and find materials for Build-a-Scene, graphing vocabulary, and other interactive vocabulary activities.

Engage in shared reading of the Book-of-the-Month using shared reading engagement strategies.

Create a shared writing piece with a repetitive structure with which the learner can participate and can easily predict.

Explore the different scenes of the Book-of-the-Month. Present the scenes to the learner and have them describe what they see. Talk about the vocabulary while using descriptive language.

Explore the vocabulary associated with the Book-of-the-Month. Review the words with the learner before playing the game. Talk about them; define them; make them meaningful.

Use a book with only pictures and no printed words. Partner and learner co-create the story using the images and descriptive language.

Use a book with movable parts (flaps, textures, Velcro pieces, interactive features) to keep the learner engaged in the story, and to draw their attention to salient elements within the book.

Learners create a personalized book cover for the book. They choose colors, images, or stickers to represent the story, and to support their engagement with the text.

Objects or pictures related to the story are hidden in a bag. Learner pulls out one at a time to explore, identify, talk about, and connect with the vocabulary being covered in the unit.

Before reading the book, flip through the pages of the book together and look at the pictures. Talk about what is happening in the picture or what might happen. This is not about reading the text.

Explore the core and fringe vocabulary. Walk the learner through the words before seeing them in the book. Talk about them; make them meaningful.