Tuppence Delivers: read-along
Tuppence Delivers as a read-along for the projector: 15 pages, 1164 words, level 10, grade 5.
Page 1 of 15
Tuppence Barley was exactly one teaspoon tall. This is not an exaggeration. On the day she was born, she was measured against a teaspoon, and the teaspoon was, if anything, slightly too large. Her father, Mr. Barley, baked bread for a living and was six feet tall. He was the first to admit that he could not explain it. For the rest of his life, he checked the bread bin before he sat down.
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
- 15 pages, 1164 words, about 9 minutes aloud
- A story, gentle
Related
About Tuppence Delivers
Tuppence Barley is exactly one teaspoon tall, and she has been hired as the smallest courier in Pennyfold. Her first job is one postcard that has failed to arrive eleven times, and the way there leads across a market, a canal and a roof.
Words to preview
- courier (KUR-ee-ur)
- a delivery person
- ceremony (SAIR-uh-moh-nee)
- a grand show
- tightrope (TYTE-rohp)
- a high rope
- exaggeration (ig-zaj-uh-RAY-shun)
- a stretch of truth
- glasshouse (GLAS-hows)
- a plant room
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does Tuppence Delivers take to read aloud?
It has 15 pages and 1164 words, so about 9 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 Tuppence Delivers?
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. It is not copied from a published book.
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