•
ATOS:
0.7
•
GRL:
C
•
Word Count:
39
•
Curriculum Connections:
weather
Skills to Teach
•
High-Frequency Words:
have, in, is, it, the, they, we, will, your
•
Content Words:
animals, boots, coats, clouds, cloudy,
drink, drops, fall, grab, plants, play, rain, raindrops, umbrella,
water(s), wear
•
Punctuation:
exclamation points, periods, question mark
•
Word Study:
long /e/, spelled
y
(
cloudy
,
rainy
); /oo/, spelled
oo
(
good
,
boots
); /ow/, spelled
ou
(
clouds
); compound word
(
raindrops
); multisyllable words (
animals
,
umbrella
)
•
Text Type:
explanation
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
The book’s text mentions that plants need rain. Plants need water
to grow. Plant seedlings in the classroom. Have the readers take
turns watering them. Set the plants near a window. Explain that
plants also need sunlight to grow. Have them record how they
grow each day. What do they notice?
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:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kenan, Tessa, author.
Title: Rainy / by Tessa Kenan.
Description: Tadpole edition. | Minneapolis, MN : Jump!, Inc., [2018] | Series: Weather report | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018006014 (print) | LCCN 2017061690 (ebook) | ISBN 9781641280112 (ebook) | ISBN 9781641280099 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781641280105 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Rain and rainfall—Juvenile literature. | Precipitation (Meteorology)—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QC924.7 (print) | LCC QC924.7 .K46 2018 (ebook) | DDC 551.57/7—dc23
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