Before Reading
Introducing the Book
Show children an example of the various shapes and have them identify each one. Then have children look for examples of the various shapes in the classroom (clock, books, trash can). Ask: What are some shapes that are in our classroom? Have children each point out something that has a shape from the book. Make sure they choose different things and different shapes.
Show children the book and ask: What do you notice (author, title, illustrator)? Talk about the illustration on the front cover, the title page, and the back cover. Ask them to make predictions about what they think the text will be about.
Book Walk
Take a walk through the book and point out that the illustrations in this text are very different than the type of illustrations in fiction text. Ask questions to find out if children notice that the illustrations are done in a way that makes them easy to draw. Ask children if they think they could recreate the drawings that are discussed in the book. Talk about why there is no setting, main character, etc., in a book like this. It is a nonfiction book and it is meant to teach the reader about shapes.
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