Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Four organizers to use with any nonfiction book, read aloud or read together. Children draw in the boxes and write a word or two where they can; the words they need are in the bold print they read. Page 1 is first, next, then and last, page 2 a life cycle, page 3 because and so, and page 4 same and different.

In the Classroom

After a read-aloud about how an animal grows, draw the life cycle together, one stage at a time. For same and different, read two short books on one animal and fill in the middle together first.

At Home

After reading a book about an animal together, ask your child what happened first, next and last. Ask why one thing happened, and listen for "because".

Tips for Success

• Read the words on the page aloud together
• Draw first, then add a word
• First, next, then and last tell the order
• Because tells why
• A life cycle goes back to the start