After Reading

Lesson Plans for RATTY RATS level K

After Reading

Comprehending the Text
Ask children to share what they did when they came to difficult words or difficult sentences. Ask: What strategy did you use? Did you go back and reread? Did you pause and sound out the letters of a difficult word? Did you look at the pictures for clues? Encourage all children to participate in the discussion. Write their responses on the chalkboard or chart paper.

To check for story understanding, ask:

Did the sailors sail on a ship or a boat? What is the difference?
What time of day was the boat loaded and ready to sail?
What was the boat tied to? (A dock.)
How did the rats get on the ship?
Where did the rats stay on the ship?
What did the rats do to upset the cook?
What did the captain try to do? (Trap the rats.) What happened?
How did the story end?

Visual Learning
Have children look at page 1. Ask: What is in this illustration that tells us about the setting of the book? Explain how picture details can tell us a lot about the book. Have children look at page 10. Have them describe the events on the page without reading the text.

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