Where am I Going?
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What's Inside
Children practice using the five senses, picture clues, and print clues to figure out where the speaker is going. These early reading strategies help children think about ideas in the book, follow text carefully, and solve new words as they read.
The book also supports fluency, which means reading smoothly and with attention to each word. It gives children a clear chance to practice looking closely at pictures and print, then using what they notice to make sense of the text.
This level D book fits children who are building early reading habits and need practice with guided reading skills. It also works well for adults who want to talk about how readers use clues to understand a book.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Where am I Going? into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Using the five senses
- Using picture clues
- Reading word by word
- Matching spoken words to print
- Noticing patterns in words
- Solving new words
- Reading with fluency
Discussion Questions
- 1 What clues can you look for to figure out where the speaker is going?
- 2 How can each of your five senses help you make a guess before the book tells you?
- 3 What picture clues or print clues do you notice as you read?
- 4 When you meet a word you do not know, how can you use the words around it to help?
- 5 How does reading word by word help you keep track of the sentence?
- 6 After reading, what senses helped you the most, and why?
Words to Learn
- senses
- The senses are the ways we learn about the world by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
- clue
- A clue is a hint that helps you figure something out.
- picture clue
- A picture clue is something you see in the picture that helps you understand the story.
- Print means the words that you read on the page.
- fluency
- Fluency means reading smoothly and with a steady pace.
- pattern
- A pattern is something that happens again and again in the same way.
- match
- To match means to make the words you say fit the words you see on the page.
- strategy
- A strategy is a plan that helps you do something.
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