Seven Days With Pickle: read-along
Seven Days With Pickle as a read-along for the projector: 9 pages, 721 words, level 10, grade 5.
Page 1 of 9
Every morning before the sun is fully up, Mira's dog, Pickle, pushes her nose under Mira's hand. Pickle is a young, bouncy dog, and Mira has promised to help with her care all week. The first job is the bowl. Dogs need clean, fresh water at all times, so Mira empties the old water, washes the bowl, and fills it again. Then she and Grandpa talk about breakfast, and why a dog's dinner is a job with rules.
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 10, Grade 5
- 9 pages, 721 words, about 5 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
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About Seven Days With Pickle
Mira helps her grandpa care for their dog Pickle for one week. A look at why a dog needs a long sniffy walk, a quiet bed, company, and a careful owner.
Words to preview
- urges (UR-jiz)
- strong wants
- microchip (MY-kro-chip)
- tiny ID tag
- relaxed (rih-LAKST)
- loose, calm
- destructive (dih-STRUK-tiv)
- breaking things
- social (SOH-shul)
- liking company
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 Seven Days With Pickle take to read aloud?
It has 9 pages and 721 words, so about 5 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 Seven Days With Pickle?
Level 10, Grade 5. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 10 sits at grade 5. 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.
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