1 2 2 it is time to get in line (nonfiction)

It Is Time to Get in Line
by Wing Chong Wong

ELL Reader 1.2.2

Nonfiction

INTRODUCE THE BOOK

RESPOND

Activate Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Read the title, and ask children
about times they get in line. Ask: When do you
get in line? Why do you get in line? Tell children
this book is about a group of children who get in
line after recess.

Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:

Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
reader by talking about the illustrations together
and naming the labeled items.

Write About It
3. Children may draw pictures of foods shown
in the story or other foods of their choice. The
children should write about the foods they have
drawn. Possible response: I like to eat soup. It is
hot. It keeps me warm in winter.
Support writers at various English proficiency

levels.
Beginning Display a sentence frame, such
as I like to eat
. Have children dictate an
ending.
Intermediate Provide the same sentence, but
have children copy it and finish it with two or
three foods.
Advanced Have children write two or three
sentences about the foods they like.

Preteach Vocabulary Review the highfrequency words that appear in this book: be
and could. Introduce these key words from the
book: inside (p. 2), outside (p. 2), and let’s
(p. 6). Discuss these words and add them to a
Word Wall.

READ THE BOOK
Choose among these options for reading to
support children at all English proficiency levels.
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children
follow along. Pause to verify comprehension and
to explain unfamiliar concepts.
Monitored Reading Have children silently
read a few pages at a time. Use the following
questions to support comprehension:
• Page 2 Where are the children? (They are
outside. They are in the school playground.)
• Pages 3–4 What do the children do?
(They get in line.)

• Pages 6–8 What do the children do now?
(They sit and eat.)

Extend Language The opposite of inside is
outside. Encourage children to say the opposite
of sit (stand); open (close); up (down).
Answers to page 16:
Beginning: Children should draw the children at
recess.
End: Children should draw the children at lunch.
Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
on page 16 before sending copies of the Study
Guide home with children. Later, have them
share times when family members have to get
in line.

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Reread Have children reread the book with a
partner, in small groups, or independently. Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 16.

Talk About It
1. It is lunchtime. (Cause and Effect)
2. They could eat cheese and soup. They could
eat a sandwich.

ELL Readers Teaching Guide

Unit 2, Week 2 It Is Time to Get in Line

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Study Guide

It Is Time
to Get in Line

Name

• Read It Is Time to Get in Line again.
• Draw the children in the beginning.
• Then draw the children in the end.
Beginning

End

Ask family members to say at what times they have to
get in line.
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It Is Time to Get in Line

Unit 2, Week 2

ELL Readers Teaching Guide

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Family Link