Tick Tock (Green Light Readers Level 1)

Good for learning"ck" ending blend and sight words.

Outstanding

Tick Tock: Lexile: 140LTick Tock by David K. Williams Illustrated by Laura Ovresat is a delightful easy to read story about group of children rushing against the tick tock of the clock in order to get the house cleaned and ready for "mom".The text provides early readers an opportunity to sharpen their phonics skills with word pairs such as:• tock and clock• Mick and quick• mop and stop• hats and matsIndeed, as the story unfolds, and the children race the ticking clock in order to gather the hats, pots, and socks young readers are met with a new word pairs.Laura Ovresat skillfully illustrates this Green Light Level 1 reader and does an excellent job of providing young readers with colorful comic pictorial clues. My favorite illustration the one with all the pots and only one child is able to peek out from the otherwise huge stack of "lots and lots" of pots.This early reader is part of the Green Light Reading series and is published by Harcourt Press. Harcourt Press is a well-respected manufacture of textbooks and other education products. The company an establish track record of creating quality educational materials going back to 1919.According to Harcourt website, every Green Light readers offer extra enrichment activities, which are "unique to each story" at the end of the book. At the end of "Tick Tock" there are instructions to create your own tick tock clock, and another activity on the importance of working together.-----------------------Story Details:The opening pages of the book read: Tick-Tock! Ticked the clockand then go on to read: Call Kim and Mick we need help quick.I found this opening to be somewhat confusing, why do they "need help quick"? Is the clock broken? I even flipped back to the beginning of the story to see if I had missed a page. I hadn't. It wasn't until the very end of the story that reader discovers all the rushing about was because "mom" is coming home. I think this might be distracting of confusing for younger readers and I would have preferred if the author had disclosed the children's "goal" earlier in the story.-----------------------Difficulty of this Green Light Level 1 reader:Tick Tock by David K Williams has a lexile measurement, or level 140. Other books with similar lexile measurement as "Tick Tock" include:• Rapunzel by Elena Naggi• Spark by Kallie George• Sam and the Firefly by PD Eastman (a personal favorite)And while a lexile measure of 140 does place this title in the range of "emergent readers", I personally recommended young children, who are just starting their reading journey, build their fledgling confidence with books classified with a lexile of br (beginning reader).Although many children would be able tackle this reader without much difficulty, I, personally, recommend Tick Tock by David K Williams for child who has a mastered a few of books with the "br" lexile.These titles include:• Noodles -I am not Scared by Hans Wilheim• Planes by Byron Barton• The Puddle by David McPhail-----------------------More about Lexile "Measurements" or Levels:In my review of the book "Dragon Egg" by Mallory Loehr, I provide a detailed explanation of Lexile measurements, which can (sometimes) be found in the Amazon's "Product Details" section, and the importance of matching a child's reading ability to books at his/her level.Additionally, those interested in learning more can visit Common Sense Media, where they will find a wealth of information to include a article titled: "Is it Ok for kids to read books outside their reading level."In my experience, the match between a book's textual difficulty and the reader's ability is more critical for some children. In particular, the need for a good match will typically correlate with a child's level of reading confidence.Since a young child's reading confidence is hard for an outsider to pinpoint, I tend to error on the side of caution. Consequently, I customarily recommend parents and other caregivers start with books with a "lexile measurement" of "br". Parents and/or caregivers can find an extensive list of "br" books by visiting Lexile website and using the search option (located on the far right column).-----------------------In conclusion, Tick Tock by David K William is a charming story, which incorporates both a phonics and whole language approach to learning to read, and I look forward to adding this title and other Green Light readers to our home library.

Good phonetic practice for beginner readers. Story not especially engaging for my four almost five year old. She prefers animal stories.

The kids in this story need help! They want to clean the house for their mom while she is out. When they check the clock they realize that time is getting away from them. They call over some friends to help! Will they be able to clean the house before mom arrives?The book is part of the green light readers series. Young children will feel a since of pride when completing the book. There are very few words per page and the story moves at a fast pace.The book is great for readers who are learning to read on their own. The story ends but not the book. It has a craft idea and discussion questions to ask after reading. Tick Tock would make a great read aloud for story times and classrooms

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