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Reading · Ages 3–5 · 12 minutes

Pre-K Reading: Story Problem and Help

Children identify one moment when a character needs help, then say or draw what happens next.

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Pre-K Reading: Story Problem and Help

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Today I am practising: noticing a simple problem and response in a read-aloud

1

Name one character in the book.

2

What problem does the character have? Draw it.

3

Point to the picture where the problem happens.

4

Who or what helps?

5

Draw what happens after the help.

6

Tell an adult: The problem was ___. Then ___.

Grown-up guide
  1. Choose a story with one clear, non-frightening problem and resolution.
  2. Use the picture page to make the problem concrete before asking for words.
  3. Accept an incomplete oral sentence and recast it gently as a full model.