Ben
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I can't find my dog Ben. Can you help me look?
Read this short book together one on one and help the speaker look for Ben. It gives children practice rereading, checking whether words make sense, and reading smoothly with expression. It also supports problem solving and paying attention to the meaning of the story. Try reading it aloud more than once and invite the child to notice how the reading gets smoother each time.
A strong fit for children working on early fluency in a Level H book, this page helps them use the sentence, the word shape, and the story meaning all at once.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Ben into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Rereading for accuracy
- Reading with fluency
- Self-correcting while reading
- Using sentence meaning to check words
- Using word parts and rimes
- Problem solving while reading
Discussion Questions
- 1 At the beginning, the speaker says, "I can't find my dog Ben." What would you do first if you could not find a pet?
- 2 The book asks, "Can you help me look?" How does asking for help change the way we solve a problem?
- 3 As you read, what clues help you keep track of who Ben is?
- 4 The page copy says this book helps with rereading for accuracy and fluency. What changes when you read the same line again?
- 5 If a word does not make sense, what can you do to figure it out from the sentence or from the letters around it?
- 6 How can reading smoothly with expression help the story sound more like real talking?
Words to Learn
- fluent
- Reading smoothly and not stopping too much.
- accuracy
- Getting the words right when you read.
- self-correct
- Stopping and fixing a word that does not look or sound right.
- meaning
- What the words and sentences are telling us.
- expression
- Using your voice to show feeling when you read.
- reread
- Read something again.
- problem solving
- Figuring out what to do when something is hard.
- chunk
- A part of a word that helps you read it.
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