LeVar Burton Reads “The Daddy Book”
From Mister Rogers' Neighborhood · 1998
7 minPre-KK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
LeVar Burton visits Mister Rogers, talks about what he loves about acting, and reads Ann Morris's “The Daddy Book” — photographs of fathers with their children all over the world. Seven minutes, and a natural pairing with any family-and-community unit.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A read-aloud from LeVar Burton about fathers and families everywhere.
- What are some of the things dads do in the book?
- How are the families in the pictures alike? How are they different?
- Who takes care of you? What do they do?
- LeVar Burton says he loves acting. What work would you love to do?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: author, photograph, family, care, actor.
Try it: Draw a person who takes care of you and write one thing they do.
Try it: Ask a partner one question about the book and answer one of theirs.