•
ATOS:
0.6
•
GRL:
C
•
Word Count:
25
•
Curriculum Connections:
transportation
Skills to Teach
•
High-Frequency Words:
go, is, let’s, one, see, the, this, us
•
Content Words:
blue, deck, green, help, red,
skateboards, wheels
•
Punctuation:
apostrophe, exclamation marks, periods
•
Word Study:
long /e/, spelled
ee
(
green
,
see
,
wheels
);
/oo/, spelled
ue
(
blue
); multisyllable word (
skateboards
)
•
Text Type:
factual description
Before Reading Activities
• Read the title and give a simple statement of the main idea.
• Have students “walk” though the book and talk about what
they see in the pictures.
• Introduce new vocabulary by having students predict the first
letter and locate the word in the text.
• Discuss any unfamiliar concepts that are in the text.
After Reading Activities
In the book, different colors of skateboards and their parts are
mentioned. Have any of the children used a skateboard before?
What color was it? Where did they ride it to? Ask the children
to draw and color a picture of a skateboard. What color
are its wheels? What color is the deck? Ask them to draw an
environment or place around the skateboard. Where would
they like to ride their skateboards? Have the readers share
their pictures with the group and discuss their answers.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERs
Tadpole Books are published by Jump!, 5357 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419,
Copyright ©2019 Jump. International copyright reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
written permission from the publisher.
Editor:
Jenna Trnka
Designer:
Anna Peterson
Photo Credits:
Zoonar GmbH/Alamy, cover; LightFieldStudios/iStock, 1; FamVeld/Shutterstock, 2–3, 16bm; al7/Shutterstock, 4–5, 10–11 (fore-
ground), 16tl, 16tm; Mark Nazh/Shutterstock, 6–7, 16br; ABO PHOTOGRAPHY/Shutterstock, 8–9, 16tr; sathaporn/Shutterstock, 10–11 (background);
Blue Jean Images/Getty, 12–13, 16bl; kate_sept2004/iStock, 14–15.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kenan, Tessa, author.
Title: Skateboards / by Tessa Kenan.
Description: Minneapolis, MN : Jump!, Inc., [2018] | Series: Let’s go! | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017061698 (print) | LCCN 2018002436 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624969966 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624969942 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781624969959 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Skateboarding—Juvenile literature. | Skateboards—Juvenile literature. | CYAC: Skateboarding. | Skateboards. | LCGFT:
Picture books. | Illustrated works.
Classification: LCC GV859.8 (ebook) | LCC GV859.8 .K445 2018 (print) | DDC 796.22—dc23
LC record available at
