We do --> I do

• Show children the cover illustration. What do you think this book is about? Why do you think that?
  Highlight specific visual features to children, and discuss what they show and what clues they give about the book. Include:

  • What sort of story might this be (funny, exciting, mysterious etc.)?

  • What might happen?

  • What characters will there be?

  • What will the characters be like? Why do you think that?

• Read out the title of the book. What do you think will happen in this book? Why do you think that?

• Discuss any words in the title children might not understand.

Model reading it out loud

nutrients, survive, offspring, reproduce

canopy, nimble, refreshing, gulped, whizzed, scoffed,

nutrients, survive, offspring, reproduce

canopy, nimble, refreshing, gulped, whizzed, scoffed,

Discussion about the book

Do you like it more than you did at the beginning of the week? Why is that? · What would make you enjoy the story even more? · What did you dislike about the story? What makes you say that? · Do you still not like that part of the story? Why is that? · What would you change? · Did anything about the story puzzle you?

· What do you do when something puzzles you in a story? · What did you learn from the book this week? · What did the story remind you of? Why do you say that? · Do you like it when a story reminds you of things you know, or do you like it more when a story is new and different? Why is that?