HomeMy WebLinkAboutRead Aloud Book Gr. K-Lesson 9What Does a
Library Do All Day?
What Does a
Library Do All Day?
What does a library do all day? It holds books. A library is a building full
of all kinds of books. Why does a library hold books all day? Because these
books are there for everyone to share!
In a library, you can fi nd books about almost anything! You’ll fi nd books
full of interesting pictures. You’ll also fi nd books that tell you how to make
or do things. There are books about sports. There are books about famous
people. There are books about plants and animals. You can even fi nd books
that tell fun stories. You’ll fi nd fairy tales and other make-believe stories.
Going to the library is like going to a different world!
Where can you fi nd a library? You can probably fi nd one right in your
school. There are lots of public libraries, too. You can usually fi nd a public
library right in your town. These libraries are for everyone to visit! You can
read a book there. Or you can borrow a book. This means you can take
the book out of the library to read at home. You bring the book back to the
library when you’re done so that somebody else can have a turn reading it.
How do you use a library? You can ask a librarian for help. A librarian is
a person who works in a library. A librarian knows a lot about books. He or
she can help you fi nd a book you are looking for. A librarian can also help
you fi nd books you might like. Then you can look at the books and choose
which ones you want. You can look at them yourself or ask someone to read
them to you.
What will you do the next time you want a book? Where will you go? You
will go to a library!
COMPREHENSION What kinds of books can you get from a library?
Which question words did you hear in this passage?
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Akio and his dad were at the beach one sunny afternoon. Akio was bored.
“What can we do now, Dad?” he asked.
Dad looked at the ocean. “We can swim,” he said.
“We already did that,” answered Akio.
Dad looked at the snack stand. “We can get a snack,” he said.
“I’m still full from lunch,” answered Akio.
Dad looked at the sand toys they had set on the beach blanket. “Now here
is something we have not done, Akio. We haven’t made a sandcastle yet.”
Akio jumped up from the blanket. He was very excited about making a
sandcastle. Akio liked to create things with his hands. He liked to make clay
animals. He liked to paint. He knew he would enjoy making a sandcastle.
Dad got the pails and shovels. Then he found a place a little way back from
the water. “We can build the sandcastle here. If we put up the castle too close
to the water, the waves will wash it away,” he explained.
Dad showed Akio how to fi ll a pail with wet sand and tip it over to form the
different parts of the castle. They both used the shovels to dig up the sand and
empty it into the pails.
“It’s helpful to use a tool like this shovel. It would take a long time to move
the sand using only our hands,” said Dad.
Father and son worked for more than an hour. They built thick walls on the
sides of the castle. They built high and low towers inside the castle. Akio was
very proud of their work. He said, “Our sandcastle looks wonderful!”
“It’s not fi nished yet,” Dad said. He showed Akio how to dig a moat, or a
ditch, around the castle. They fi lled the moat with water. Then Dad showed
Akio how to add shells to the castle for decoration.
“Now the castle is perfect,” Akio said happily.
COMPREHENSION How does using shovels and other tools make it
easier to build the sandcastle? Which words help you understand how
Akio and his dad build their sandcastle?
Learning How to
Build a Sandcastle
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