Yo! Yes? Resource Set

Every student has experience with making friends. Use Yo! Yes? as a springboard for making connections instruction. The included lesson plan and set of resources identify specific place in the book where students can stop to make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections.

With only 34 words, this simple story of how friendships begin relies heavily on the illustrations to tell much of the story. Show your students how to infer character emotion and character thoughts by studying the pictures in Yo! Yes?

Show students how to make predictions even when the author doesn’t provide you with a lot of information. Use the pictures and the author’s limited word choice to teach readers how to make logical predictions with Yo! Yes?

Even with it’s limited word count and simple story, Chris Raschka manages to use a variety of text structure to tell the story of Yo! Yes? Use this lesson plan and set of resources to show readers how to notice the way the author uses comparing and contrasting, problem and solution, cause and effect, and description in the book.

Use Yo! Yes? to name and notice the use of beginning letter sounds & spelling while reading. This Word Work lesson plan and set of resources provides readers with ample opportunity to interact with beginning letter sounds & spelling within the context of the story. You can find these lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets in your Super Pack, or download the individual Word Work package now.

Are your students familiar with new vocabulary used in Yo! Yes? Download this Vocabulary Builder for fun resources and activities that support Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary growth. If you download this book’s Super Pack, these resources are all included.

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.