Counting by Fives

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Before After Level E Word Count 122 100th word zooming pg 20 Reading Activities Teaching Focus Alliteration Have students find words with the same beginning sounds be about Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum 1 Read the title and look at the cover Let’s make predictions about what this book will 2 Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures photographs in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings Table of Contents glossary bolded words captions charts diagrams or Index 3 Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again 6 After reading the book complete the activities below Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know remaining text High Frequency Words Flip through the book and locate how many times the high frequency words were used after came count fives me then After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What was happening to the child in the book What happened at the end of the book Summarize 2 What is different about the animals used in the beginning of the book through the end of the book Why Inferring 3 Which animal in the book is the scariest one Why Text to self connection 4 What pattern do you notice when you count by fives Asking questions Extension Activity Counting by fives really matters We count by fives when we use nickels Each nickel is worth 5 cents You count nickels the same as you count by fives Try it out Use play coins or real nickels to practice counting by fives Take three nickels How much are three nickels worth How many nickels do you need to make 100 Did you know 20 nickels equals a dollar How many dollars would 40 nickels equal