
If he or she needs help in answering a question, ask that question again the next time you read the book. For example, ask: Where is Peter hiding? Use your finger to point to what you are asking about.
Give prompts about objects or activities in the pictures. For example, ask: What's happening on this page? What is Peter doing? Do less reading of the words to the story each time you read, leaving more and more of the "reading" or retelling to the children. Continue to ask these questions when you reread the book, until he or she knows the answers. After you have finished reading, ask children the recall questions below. After reading, ask: Can you whistle? How would you whistle to make your dog come to you?. Read the story, moving your finger under the words as you read. The little boy's name is Peter.) What is the little boy doing? (He is whistling for Willie.) Ask: Who do you think Willie is? (Willie could be the boy or the dog, but in this story Willie is the name of the little boy's dog.
Have children repeat the title as you point to each word. Read the title of the book on the cover, pointing to each word as you say it.Peter learns to whistle so that his dog will come to him. Of 2 Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats Summary of the Story