Do We Use it Today or Long Ago?
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What's Inside
Children talk about things we use today and things we used long ago as the book is read aloud with the group. The pages invite children to use picture clues, point to the words, and notice repeated language as they read along.
Use this book in circle time or a small-group lesson about past and present. It supports early reading strategies, word solving, and fluency, and it fits well with a simple compare-and-contrast lesson for emerging readers.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Do We Use it Today or Long Ago? into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Today and long ago vocabulary
- Comparing past and present
- Early reading strategies
- Using picture clues
- Pointing to words while reading
- Repeated words and fluency
Discussion Questions
- 1 The title asks about today and long ago. What are some things you use now that might have been different long ago?
- 2 As we read, can you point to the words and use the pictures to help you think about what each page is showing?
- 3 Which things in the book seem to belong to the present, and which seem to belong to the past?
- 4 Do you notice any words or ideas that repeat as we read? How do those repeats help you read along?
- 5 How can you use picture clues to figure out a new word or idea on a page?
- 6 After reading, what is one thing you use today that you think children long ago may not have used?
Words to Learn
- today
- Today means right now or in the present time.
- long ago
- Long ago means a time that happened many years in the past.
- present
- The present is the time we are living in now.
- past
- The past is everything that happened before now.
- compare
- Compare means to look at two things and tell how they are alike or different.
- picture clues
- Picture clues are hints in the illustrations that help you understand the words.
- repeat
- Repeat means to say or do something again.
- fluency
- Fluency means reading smoothly and with good flow.
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