A Rebus Story: A Hot Summer Day
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What's Inside
I love rebus stories! Find out what happens on this hot summer day!
Children can read along by using pictures and words together as the story is read aloud. The book gives good practice with rebus reading and summer words, which makes it a nice fit for circle time or a small-group lesson.
Use it with beginning readers who are ready to match picture clues to text and talk about a seasonal topic.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn A Rebus Story: A Hot Summer Day into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Rebus reading
- Picture clues
- Summer vocabulary
- Listening and speaking
- Reading comprehension
Discussion Questions
- 1 Before we read, what do you think a rebus story is, and how can the pictures help us read?
- 2 As we read, which picture clues help us understand what is happening on this hot summer day?
- 3 What words or pictures tell us that the day is hot and that it is summer?
- 4 How do the pictures and the words work together in this story?
- 5 After reading, what did you learn about reading a rebus story?
- 6 What could you look for on each page to help you figure out the next part of the story?
Words to Learn
- rebus
- A rebus uses pictures and words together to tell a story or read a sentence.
- story
- A story is something written or told that has ideas to follow.
- summer
- Summer is the warm season after spring.
- season
- A season is one part of the year, like summer, winter, spring, or fall.
- picture clue
- A picture clue is a picture that helps us understand the words.
- hot
- Hot means very warm.
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