Summary
“Parts of a Book” is a Jack Hartmann song-and-movement video that teaches reading — building the habit and retelling what a story says. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or review.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Readers get better by reading often and by talking about what they read — who was in the story, what happened, and how it ended.
- What happens at the beginning, middle, and end?
- Who is the story about?
- What is a book you would want to read again, and why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: story, retell, beginning, middle, end, author.
Try it: Retell a story you know in three sentences: beginning, middle, and end.