INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD
Read aloud questions
1. How many animals can you see in this picture?
→ How many of them crawl? Fly? Jump?
→ Do you think they all get along?
2. How many animals do you think are hiding from the tiger?
→ Where are they hiding?
3. Who do you think robbed the bank?
→ Why did you pick that person?
→ Could it be someone else? More than one person?
4. Why is the elephant so upset?
→ Has anything like this ever happened to you?
5. What is the boy hiding behind his back?
→ Who do you think wants to see what he has?
→ Do you have any other questions about this page?
6. How did the cow get all the way up on the windmill?
→ What are the other animals thinking?
→ Do you think they want to go up there as well?
7. Where did the bandits bury the treasure?
→ What is a bandit?
→ What do you think they buried?
→ What would you do if you found the treasure?
8. Which creature is the zookeeper’s favorite?
→ Do you think the zookeeper has favorites?
→ Do you have a favorite one?
9. Who gave Mr. Beckett a bump on his head?
→ How else could he have gotten a bump?
10. What did the lion get the lamb for her birthday?
→ What do you think the lamb will get the lion on their birthday?
11. Who is the lady in red waiting for?
→ How long has she been waiting?
→ Have you ever had to wait for someone or something?
12. Which of the men has a better singing voice?
→ Is it possible that they both sing beautifully?
→ Do you like to sing?
13. What kind of beast lives in the bathtub?
→ Do you like the same foods it eats?
→ Who else do you think knows it’s there?
→ What other characters can you see on this page?
14. Who (or what) is on the other side of the door in the mountain?
→ Do you think the mountain goats know?
15. Which of the children are dreaming of peaches?
→ How can you tell?
→ What do you think the other kids are dreaming about?
16. Where is the ship sailing to?
→ Would you want to go along?
17. Check out the creative question marks on the endpapers of your book. Some of them are lines inside an object. Some of them are the objects themselves!
→ Can you find the ear? The butterfly? The key?
→ Use your finger to find and trace as many question marks as you can!
