Our Parent's Guide to Island of the Blue Dolphins is a comprehensive book guide that allows you work with your child on this text without actually having to read the book yourself. It is designed to allow you to talk about what your child has read and be confident in assessing their responses. It will allow you to get a sense of how well your child understand what they read and also how to support them in boosting their comprehension. Our book guides for parents include:
-A explanation of each section of the book guide that provides suggestions about how best to use each section to boost your child's comprehension.
-An explanation of the genre of the book.
-Various background materials that will help to provide a better understanding of the context of the story.
-A summary of the entire book so you have a good idea of the major events that take place in the story.
-An in-depth look at the various themes that will be developed throughout the book and what types of questions to ask your child as you explore these themes together.
-"Big Idea" Questions that are designed to give you a sense of the deeper understands your child should take away from reading this book.
-An overview of the developmental concepts that apply to children of this age and what happens in the story. It is designed to inform you about where children typically are in developing their concept of the larger world and how best to work with them to further this development as they explore the events in the story and how it applies to their own understanding and world view.
-A guide to the chapter sections so you know how best to use them as your child reads this text.
Each chapter guide includes:
-Important vocabulary your child show know before reading the chapter so that it doesn't get in the way of their comprehension
-A detailed summary of the chapter so that you can be familiar with the events from the chapter without having to read it yourself
-Text-Based Questions with example responses: These questions address the events of the story with basic recall questions. Each question comes with a sample answer so you have a good idea of what your child should say in response to these questions.
-Critical Thinking Questions with example responses: These questions push your child to think about the events of the chapter in a more challenging way. Each question comes with a sample answer so you have a good idea of what your child should say in response to these questions.
-Theme Based Questions with example responses: These questions are designed to help child connect the events of the chapter to the development of the themes throughout the story. Each question comes with a sample answer so you have a good idea of what your child should say in response to these questions.
-Making Connections Questions: These questions challenge your child to make connections between the events of the story and things that may have happened to them in their own lives. Everyone's experiences are unique, so there are no sample answers here. Once you arrive at these questions, you'll have a good idea of what an appropriate response would be like.
