Finding the Jaguars

Monkeys swinging in the trees and eating bananas.

Next, they saw five little brown monkeys swinging from tree to tree.

"Look at them play," said Collette.

Terry's Tips

Extension Activity: When reading storybooks, teach children about the directionality of reading. We read from top to bottom and left to right. It is helpful to point to the words as you read them and explain that you are going back to the beginning of the next line. Try this in other stories that you read.

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Now we can find and read the first word! But what word is after the first word? Then what word is next? What do we do when we get to the end of a line?

Listen

After I have read the first word, I go to the word on the right. I move through all the words to the right until I get to the end of the line. Then I go to the second line and start reading again with the word on the left.

Listen

Let's point to the first word. It is "Next" and it is green. After reading this word, we should read the word on the right. Let's point to it. It is "they" and it is yellow. Let's keep moving our finger to the right until we reach the end of the line. Then, let's point to the first word on the second line and start again!

Listen

Select this then click anywhere in the book to start reading text Speak the current selection Stops speech playback Double-click a word in the book and click this icon to translate the word into Spanish