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Use Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Yo! Yes? tells the story of two young boys, each very different. Through their one and two-word exchanges, they consider spending time together despite their obvious differences. An offer of friendship is solidified in the end as both boys jump into the air and shout Yow!" Beginning readers will enjoy connecting with the text and using the pictures to make inferences about the two boys."
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Making Connections with Yo! Yes?

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Making Connections with Yo! Yes?

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.
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Making Inferences with Yo! Yes?

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Making Inferences with Yo! Yes?

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?
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Making Predictions with Yo! Yes?

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Making Predictions with 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?
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Understanding Text Structure with Yo! Yes?

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Understanding Text Structure with Yo! Yes?

Even with its 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.
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Visualizing with Yo! Yes?

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Visualizing with Yo! Yes?

This is an ideal book for readers who need additional practice visualizing while reading. Yo! Yes? offers readers plenty of opportunities for developing visual pictures that go beyond the text pages.
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Consonants with Yo! Yes?

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This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka as a springboard for instruction focused on beginning letter sounds and spelling.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from noticing the beginning sounds of the words inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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Vocabulary Connections with Yo! Yes?

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This set of vocabulary development resources for Yo! Yes? 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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Writing with Yo! Yes?

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Writing with Yo! Yes?

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 Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Writing with Yo! Yes? (Spanish)

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Title: Yo! Yes?
Author: Chris Raschka
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Award Winners, Friendship
ISBN: 9780439921855
Publisher's Summary:
An effective, unusual 34-word story of the beginnings of a friendship, accompanied by wild and wonderful illustrations. Against pastel backgrounds, in vibrant, colorful images, an African-American boy and a white boy meet on the street. Their] one- and two-word exchanges on each spread lead to a tentative offer of friendship, sealed as both boys jump high in the air and yell Yow " With a beautifully balanced, economical style, the book illumines the peaks and pitfalls of getting acquainted, and puts in a good word for brotherhood as well." --School Library Journal, starred review;Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A BALL FOR DAISY and THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. He is also the illustrator of YO YES? (which won a Caldecott Honor), SOURPUSS AND SWEETIE PIE, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP, and FARMY FARM. He lives with his wife and son in New York City
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