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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 16

Think About a Book

Predict, connect, wonder and share what you think.

What your child practices

Practices what readers do before, during and after a book: using the cover and what they already know to predict, making connections to their own lives, asking questions, seeing themselves in books, and noticing that people can respond differently to the same text.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: KR1; KR9; KRF4 · predicting, asking questions and making connections before, during and after reading

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Before reading, guess what might happen.
  2. While reading, think: “This is like my life!” That is a connection.
  3. After reading, share what you liked or learned.

Example: “I have a dog like that!” is a… The book reminds you of your own dog. That is a connection. Answer: connection

Think About a Book in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 13 of 16 in Kindergarten English Language Arts, after Ask and Find Out and before Capitals, Periods & Planning.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What do you do when you are about to read about a farm?

    • Think about what you know about farms
    • Hide the book
    • Wonder about a spaceship

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence shares what you learned?

    • I have shoes.
    • I learned that frogs start as eggs.
    • Frogs.

  3. Question 3

    To predict means to…

    • forget the story
    • guess what will happen
    • tear the page

  4. Question 4

    A story has a girl who loses her mitten. You lost a mitten too. You are…

    • ending the story
    • making a connection
    • finding a mistake

  5. Question 5

    “My favorite part was the funny frog” tells…

    • the author
    • a title
    • an opinion

  6. Question 6

    A book shows many different families. Why is that good?

    • It is a rule
    • Every child can see someone like them
    • It makes books heavier

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