After the Third Reading, information from the first two readings is analyzed. The reader is asked to evaluate, create, and make deeper connections. As a result of the work that the brain has done during the three readings you will see comprehension, personal involvement, and retention of story elements increase. So will your enjoyment of your story time!
Here are two options as you enjoy this reading with your child:
~Alternate pages. You read one page, and your listener retells the other.
~Your listener retells the entire text, and you are the listener and questioner.
DISCUSSION OPTIONS:
~Talk about the word, probably. Build probably into as many conversation topics as you can.
~Is the crab “right”to tell the big fish where the little fish has gone? If the crab had not told the big fish, how might the story end?
~If the little fish wants the big fish’s hat, what might be a better solution than stealing the hat?
ACTIVITY OPTIONS:
~Dramatize what happens in the tall plants. What might the two fish be saying to one another? How might the two fish be sounding and acting?
~Watch This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen – book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbYyEdYWY8
Music adds a lot of suspense to the story.