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An ant has 6 legs.
How many legs does an ant have?
My, oh, my!
That is a lot of shoes to tie!
Lots of Legs
How many legs does a horse have?
A horse has 4 legs.
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How many legs does a centipede have?
A centipede has 30 legs.
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A spider has 8 legs.
A girl has 2 legs.
How many legs does a girl have?
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How many legs does a snake have?
A snake has no legs.
How many legs does a spider have?
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Lots of Legs
Draw a creature from the book. Then write
a sentence about the number of legs the creature has.
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How to Make the Mini-Books
Follow these steps to copy and put together the mini-books:
1 Remove the mini-book pages along the perforated lines.
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Title Page
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Make a double-sided copy on 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper.
2 Cut the page in half along the solid line.
3 Place page 2 behind the title page.
4 Fold the pages in half along the dotted line. Check to be
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sure that the pages are in the proper order, and then staple
them together along the book’s spine.
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NOTE: If you cannot make double-sided copies, you can
photocopy single-sided copies of each page, cut apart the
mini-book pages, and stack them together in order, with the title
page on top. Staple the pages together along the left-hand side.
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Through multiple experiences with on-level books, children will be able to
practice and develop a network of critical reading strategies, including:
= predicting what will happen next in the story
= understanding characters and their motivations
= noticing the language patterns and style of the text
= figuring out unfamiliar words by using decoding skills to
= returning to the text to confirm understanding
= connecting the text to other stories and their own lives
= forming and communicating opinions about the books they read.
sound out words and context clues to confirm word meanings
With this essential skill set in place, children are empowered to ascend the reading ladder
with increased agility, gradually mastering more difficult titles over time—until the sky’s
the limit! And while fluency doesn’t happen instantly, with systematic exposure to the right
books, it does happen.
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