When Did this Live?
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What's Inside
As children read this book aloud in a group, they practice reading smoothly, using sentence clues, and stopping at punctuation. The title points the reading focus to the Stegosaurus, so it fits well in a circle time or small-group lesson about reading for accuracy and fluency.
Readers can also practice rereading, self-correcting, and breaking words into syllables and chunks. It is a good fit for level K students who are building confidence with phrasing, meaning, and expression while they read.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn When Did this Live? into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Level K reading
- Fluency practice
- Accuracy and expression
- Using context clues
- Decoding by syllables and word chunks
- Self-correcting while reading
Discussion Questions
- 1 What clues in the title help you predict who this book is about before we read it?
- 2 As we read about the Stegosaurus, what words tell us this book is asking about when it lived?
- 3 When you come to a word you do not know, what can you do to figure it out from the sentence and the picture?
- 4 Which parts of the sentence help you read with phrasing and know when to pause?
- 5 Can you say a word from the book in syllables and listen for the chunks in it?
- 6 After reading, what did you learn about the Stegosaurus that you can say with accuracy and expression?
Words to Learn
- Stegosaurus
- A type of dinosaur that children can read about in this book.
- fluency
- Reading smoothly, accurately, and with good expression.
- accuracy
- Reading the words correctly.
- expression
- Using your voice to show the meaning of the words.
- syllable
- A word part you can hear when you clap or tap it out.
- context clues
- Hints from the sentence that help you figure out a word.
- punctuation
- Marks like periods and commas that help show how to read.
- self-correct
- To notice a mistake and fix it while reading.
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