” Ask children questions during the week to engage them in meaningful conversations around these words. I have never seen one like this before – it is unfamiliar. Model this by saying, “I am confused about how this stapler works – I am not sure how to open it and put the staples in it. Explain that we all get confused sometimes and that we can ask questions.

Tip: Tell your students a story about a time when you were confused about something. He is shocked! He thinks his skin is peeling off and his brain is falling out of his nose! Ask your students why the little boy’s eyes are so big and why he is sweating and clutching his body. Ask your students why the little boy put tape around his body.Īppalled – surprised (not in a good way)/shocked The little boy didn’t know that children lose their teeth and grow new ones and that everyone’s hair falls out. Unfamiliar – it has never happened before/never had the experience Ask your students why the little boy thinks he is coming unstuffed. He doesn’t know what is going on with his body! He has noticed that his hair is coming out, his tooth is loose, and his skin is peeling. The little boy in the story is so confused. Guide them with questions and support their answers by repeating back what they say and expanding on it, while encouraging use of the target vocabulary. Use these easy conversation starters to help support your students’ learning from this week’s book. The second read focuses on the characters’ thoughts and feelings about the key events and continues to push in target vocabulary. The first read focuses on explaining the key events of the story and pushing in target vocabulary. First, watch read alouds of the book and see how you can tie the story into activities for your students. Create an engaging and literacy-building lesson plan for your Pre-K students around one of our favorite books: Parts by Tedd Arnold. I lifted up my shirt and found this little piece of fuzz.Make the most of story time with the children you teach. Then later on (I don’t recall exactly when it was) To think that I was only five and starting to go bald. I stared at them, amazed, and more Than just a bit appalled That in my comb were caught a couple pieces of my hair. I think it was three days ago I first became aware. I just don’t know what’s going on or why it has to be.īut every day it’s something worse. It is a very funny book with great illustrations. Also since it is written in rhyme it can be used to introduce poetry, and how poetry can be created into a book as well. Students can use it as an example or can pick out the idioms themselves. Also, it can be used to introduce idioms. This book can be used for pre-k or kinder students, this way they understand all these things that are happening to them. It is written in rhyme with watercolor illustrations and it is the first in a trilogy on the theme of body parts.

Parts is written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold.

Parts by tedd arnold