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Use I Went Walking by Sue Williams to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

I Went Walking is a simple story perfect for practicing retelling and summarizing, making connections and making predictions with beginner readers. As the main character sets out on a walking adventure, readers will easily follow along with the story's sequence while they anticipate what animals the young boy will see next on his walk.
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Making Connections with I Went Walking

This book is a good choice for readers who are learning to make connections while reading. Beginner readers should be able to make text-to-self connections between the book and their own experiences on nature walks or trips to a petting farm or zoo. Readers should also be able to make text-to-text connections with other books they've read that follow the same rhythmic text structure.
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RL.K.1,RL.K.5,RL.K.9,RL.K.10,RF.K.3,RF.K.4,SL.K.1b,SL.K.2,SL.K.3,SL.K.4,SL.K.5,W.K.8,L.K.6,L.K.1,L.K.4,L.K.5
TEKS Alignment
K.6D,K.12E,K.12D,K.12A,K.9E,K.8C,K.7C,K.7B,K.6F,K.6E,K.1A,K.6C,K.6B,K.6A,K.5I,K.5E,K.5A,K.1D,K.1C
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Making Predictions with I Went Walking

This book and lesson plan will support readers who are learning to make predictions while reading. The illustrator has cleverly drawn half of each animal before it appears on the next page, allowing readers to anticipate what will appear on the following page and then immediately validate their predictions.
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RL.K.1,RL.K.4,RL.K.7,RL.K.10,RF.K.3,RF.K.4,SL.K.1b,SL.K.2,SL.K.3,SL.K.4,SL.K.5,W.K.8,L.K.6,L.K.1,L.K.4,L.K.5
TEKS Alignment
K.6E,K.12E,K.12D,K.9E,K.9C,K.9B,K.8C,K.7C,K.7B,K.6F,K.1A,K.6D,K.6C,K.6B,K.5I,K.5E,K.5C,K.5A,K.1D,K.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with I Went Walking

This is an ideal book for introducing early readers to the process of retelling and summarizing. The familiar, repetitive text allows readers to focus on the animals and colors, while the simple story pattern makes it easy to identify and retell key events.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
SL.K.2,L.K.5,L.K.4,L.K.1,L.K.6,W.K.8,SL.K.5,SL.K.4,SL.K.3,RL.K.1,SL.K.1b,RF.K.4,RF.K.3,RL.K.10,RL.K.7,RL.K.3,RL.K.2
TEKS Alignment
K.6E,K.12E,K.12D,K.9E,K.8C,K.7D,K.7C,K.7B,K.7A,K.6F,K.1A,K.6D,K.6C,K.6B,K.5I,K.5G,K.5A,K.1D,K.1C
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Consonants with I Went Walking

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use I Went Walking by Sue Williams as a springboard for instruction focused on consonants.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how beginning consonants are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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Vocabulary Connections with I Went Walking

This set of vocabulary development resources for I Went Walking highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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L.K.6,L.K.5a
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K.6F,K.3A,K.3B,K.3C
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Comprehension Assessment with I Went Walking

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of I Went Walking.
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Cause and Effect Matching with I Went Walking

Read I Went Walking then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in I Went Walking. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with I Went Walking

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of I Went Walking includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Writing with I Went Walking

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.
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Making Connections with I Went Walking (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with I Went Walking (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with I Went Walking (Spanish)

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Writing with I Went Walking (Spanish)

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Title: I Went Walking
Author: Sue Williams
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Adventure, Spring
ISBN: 9780152004712
Publisher's Summary:
I Went Walking by Sue Williams is a delightful picture book that has become a favorite among early childhood educators. The story follows a young boy as he takes a leisurely stroll through the countryside. Along the way, he encounters a variety of animals, each brightly colored and playfully illustrated. With each step, the boy discovers a new animal—a black cat, a brown horse, a red cow, and more—each one joining him in an ever-growing parade of animal friends. The repetitive, rhythmic text and engaging question-and-answer pattern invite young readers to predict what animal might appear next, making it an excellent choice for building participation and language skills in group settings. The illustrations, rendered in lively watercolors, offer a visual guessing game by showing only partial glimpses of each animal before the full reveal on the next page. I Went Walking is especially well-suited for developing early literacy, vocabulary, and observational skills. Its simple structure, gentle humor, and captivating artwork make it ideal for read-alouds, circle time, and interactive lessons about animals, colors, and sequencing.
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