I would rate this pattern book 4 out of 5 stars. I used this book with a Kindergarten student. My student understood and read along to the pull pages. However, I think the first push example- a hammer into a nail is weak.The shopping cart would have been a stronger, more relatable first example that would have better helped my student understand a push. The hammer threw my kids off He was confused. Overall, the pattern was clear and he caught on to the pull section.

This book encourages students to practice simple tasks. In the book there are multiple examples of things that can be either pushed, pulled, or both. It is an easy ready focusing on specific words. The task of push and pull is repeated over the course of the book.

I gave this book a 4/5 because I feel that this book is great at developing a predictable pattern of the repeated words "push and pull" effectively throughout the book. The images support the text by demonstrating children pushing objects such as elevator buttons followed by the word "push". The images and repeated words make it easy for new readers such as young children or English language learners to understand what the words "push" and "pull" mean as represented by actions. The action-word correspondence will help those developing readers make sense of the text. ( )

I think that this book is a great tool to use with ELL students. This book utilizes real photographs and demonstrates daily routines or motions that we do. For example, pushing the buttons on an elevator or pushing a swing. This book also utilizes large print and simple syntactic structure which is excellent when using it with ELL students, since smaller print and complex syntax may be difficult for them to engage in reading. The text and photograph combination really serves as a tool because those students may not know the English language, but because such combination exists in this book, students are encouraged to really learn the English language. I actually tried this book with my ELL student just to get an understanding of her reading level. She flew through this book and completely understood it, but she did mention that the pictures helped her create meaning. ( )

an informative book about the aspects of pushing and pulling and how we use those motions all the time in everyday life
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