PROMOTING

EARLY

LITERACY

NORLINE R. WILD

Miss Norline sits with two children at a small table, their heads bent in concentration as they decorate textured, gray pebbles. This hands-on activity was inspired by Lubna and Pebble, by Wendy Meddour. Miss Norline has read this book several times during whole group. Now, in this small-group setting, children are delving deeper. As they create, Miss Norline asks them open-ended questions about the story’ s characters to check in with each child and assess their literacy learning.

Miss Norline: Thinking about Lubna and her pebble, what made their connection special?

Charlotte: The pebble was her friend. She could talk to it when she was lonely.

Anna: Yeah, it made her feel better when she missed her home.