Dear Dragon Goes to the Market by Margaret Hillert

Author:Margaret Hillert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Norwood House Press

Vocabulary: Story-related Words

1. Write the following words on sticky note paper and point to them as you

read them to your child:

apples beans carrots corn

flowers orange tomatoes yellow

2. Mix the words up. Say each word in random order and ask your child to

point to the correct word as you say it.

3. Mix the words up again and ask your child to read as many as he or she can.

4. Ask your child to place the notes on the correct page for each word, i.e.

apples goes on the page apples are talked about.

Fluency: Choral Reading

1. Reread the story with your child at least two more times while your child

tracks the print by running a finger under the words as they are read. Ask

your child to read the words he or she knows with you.

2. Reread the story aloud together. Be careful to read at a rate that your

child can keep up with.

3. Repeat choral reading and allow your child to be the lead reader and

ask him or her to change from a whisper to a loud voice while you follow

along and change your voice.

Text Comprehension: Discussion Time

1. Ask your child to retell the sequence of events in the story.

2. To check comprehension, ask your child the following questions:

• Why did the mother and boy put the wagon in the car?

• What did the boy and his mother buy that wasn’t food?

• Where does your family buy food? How is it like the market in the

story? How is it different?

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