-Show the children the title and th

-Show the children the title and the cover of the book. Ask them to predict what it might be about, using the title and the cover illustration as clues.
-Talk about the author. Have you read anything else by this person?
-Talk about the illustrator. Have you read other books illustrated by this person?
-Model page turning and left-right sequencing by finger-pointing for the children
-Encourage children to follow the text by using a pointer. If appropriate, pause before the final word as you read aloud, and invite the children, by your tone of voice, to take over the reading at this point.
-Run your finger over the letters of a word you are focusing on while you say the word slowly. Ask the children to say the whole word several times, following your finger movement. Ask the children to trace the shapes of the letters in the air with their finger.