How a Cat Picture Gets to You: read-along
How a Cat Picture Gets to You as a read-along for the projector: 10 pages, 843 words, level 11, grade 6.
Page 1 of 10
Ravi taps a photo of a cat. A moment later the cat is on his screen, orange and cross, staring out of a window. It feels like nothing at all. But the photo is stored on a computer in a building a long way off, and it might even be across an ocean, far beyond anything Ravi can see. So how did the cat get to him? Let us follow one photo, step by step, and find out where all the pipes and wires go.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 11, Grade 6
- 10 pages, 843 words, about 6 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
Related
About How a Cat Picture Gets to You
Ravi taps a photo of a cat. In a moment it is on his screen, but the picture has crossed an ocean in pieces, on beams of light. Follow one photo, step by step.
Words to preview
- packet (PAK-it)
- data chunk
- router (ROW-ter)
- packet director
- submarine (SUB-muh-reen)
- under the sea
- fiber (FY-ber)
- thin glass thread
- address (uh-DRESS)
- where to send
Questions that fit any book
- What is one new thing you learned from this book?
- Which page told you the most? What did it say?
- What would you still like to find out about this?
Questions
How long does How a Cat Picture Gets to You take to read aloud?
It has 10 pages and 843 words, so about 6 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is How a Cat Picture Gets to You?
Level 11, Grade 6. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 11 sits at grade 6. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library as a true book. It is not copied from a textbook or another site.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. The voice is your browser's own. No sign-in, no ads.