PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
by Nancy Atkins (Author), Martha Feild (Author), Kakie Sawyer (Author)
"Farmer Field is ready to plow, however, the tractor is not ready. What needs to be done?" This is a fun, engaging and instructive book written by four sisters who were in the educational field. Parents and educators are often looking for excellent resources to promote a child's literacy development. "Time to Plow" contains a Parent/Teacher guide with suggested lessons for different levels of literacy development to be used in the classroom or for home schooling. The Parent/Teacher guide provides examples for teaching comprehension such as predicting, literal questioning, inference questions, and higher level thinking questions. There are suggestions for teaching the elements of a story and also vocabulary activities along with activities to develop phonemic awareness. "Time to Plow" is also a great interactive read aloud that engages its listener's attention. The book allows the instructor to model strategies for comprehension and questioning skills. As a read aloud the colorful, detailed illustrations will spark the interest of the listener.
