AGES 4-5
The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
Toys, trains & trying hard
Vocabulary
Train
Toys
Doll
Ball
Up
HappySentence practice
I can ___!
- I can go up!
- I can help!
- I can do it!
Before reading
- Look at the cover. What do you see?
- What do trains carry?
- What is something hard for you to do?
After reading
- What was the train carrying?
- Who helped at the end?
- What did the little engine say?
How to teach it
- Open the PowerPoint. Ask the "before reading" questions and teach the new words with the flashcards.
- Hand out one flashcard per child. Read the book aloud. Children hold up their card when they hear their word.
- Practise the sentence pattern together, then play the picture game in the slides.
- Ask the "after reading" questions.
- Finish with the printable project: Load the Toy Train.
Book not included. These lessons are SimpsonESL originals and aren't affiliated with the author or publisher.