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ATOS:
0.6
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GRL:
A
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Lexile:
BR40L
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Curriculum Connections:
opposites, sorting
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Word Count:
70
Tadpole Books are published by Jump!, 5357 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419,
Copyright ©2018 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:
Jenny Fretland VanVoorst
Designer:
Anna Peterson
Photo Credits:
Dreamstime: Daria Kochetova, 3. Getty: Adie Bush, 8; Morsa Images,14–15. Shutterstock: muratart, cover; jeffy11390,1;
Grigorita Ko, 2–3; Hetman Bohdan, 4; glenda, 5; Chatchai Somwat, 6; narikan, 7; Melory, 9; ian woolcock,10; Jaros,11; Krezodent,12–13;
Paul Vasarhelyi,13.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Donner, Erica.
Title: Fast and slow / by Erica Donner.
Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jump!, Inc., 2017. | Series: Opposites | Audience: Age 3–6. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016057771 (print) | LCCN 2017007783 (ebook) | ISBN 9781620317518 (hardcover: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781620317716 (pbk.) |
ISBN 9781624965982 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Motion—Juvenile literature. | Speed—Juvenile literature. | Polarity—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QC133.5 .D66 2017 (print) | LCC QC133.5 (ebook) | DDC 531/.11—dc23
LC record available at
Skills to Teach
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High-Frequency Words:
a, be, can, fast, what
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Content Words:
boat, car, cat, child, horse, river
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Punctuation:
periods, question marks
•
Word Study:
long /o/, spelled
ow
(
slow
),
oa
(
boat
);
r
-controlled vowels (
car
,
horse
,
river
);
s
-blends:
initial
sl
(
slow
), final
st
(
fast
)
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Text Type:
compare/contrast
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
Write the book’s language pattern on the board: “A_____can
be fast.” in one column, and “A_____can be slow.” in another.
Encourage children to think about things that are fast and
things that are slow, as well as things that can be both fast
and slow. Write their answers under the appropriate column.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERs
