Nancy Atkins

Time to Plow, Farmer Field! Nancy Atkins

"Farmer Field is ready to plow, however, the tractor is not ready. What needs to be done?" This is a fun, engaging and instructive book written by four sisters who were in the educational field. Parents and educators are often looking for excellent resources to promote a child's literacy development. "Time to Plow" contains a Parent/Teacher guide with suggested lessons for different levels of literacy development to be used in the classroom or for home schooling. The Parent/Teacher guide provides examples for teaching comprehension such as predicting, literal questioning, inference questions, and higher level thinking questions. There are suggestions for teaching the elements of a story and also vocabulary activities along with activities to develop phonemic awareness. "Time to Plow" is also a great interactive read aloud that engages its listener's attention. The book allows the instructor to model strategies for comprehension and questioning skills. As a read aloud the colorful, detailed illustrations will spark the interest of the listener.