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Elmo Writes a Book (Elmo's World)

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Elmo Writes a Book (Elmo's World)
5 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)
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Summary

Elmo devotes a whole episode to how a book is made — with Mr Noodle, a question for the kids, and a film of real children. Predictable structure and a single idea, which is exactly what makes it work for the youngest classes.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Elmo spends this whole episode on how a book is made.

  1. What did Elmo want to know about how a book is made?
  2. What did the real kids in the film show us?
  3. What did Mr Noodle try that didn't work?
  4. What is one new thing you learned?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: wonder, question, notice.

Try it: Draw one thing you learned about how a book is made and label it.

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