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Mia’s First Day
Reading level 4 · First sentencesAges 3–5

Mia’s First Day

by ReadRead · 90 sec

Hello! I am your teacher. Hi! I am Anna. A very first book about the very first day of school: one short sentence at a time, and the teacher or a classmate is always on the page.

8pop-up spreads
32things to tap
2new words
Words in this book
teacherclassmateannacrayoncrayonsdrawgavehappy
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Inside the book

It is Mia’s first day at kindergarten. “Bye, Mama!” Mama waves and goes out of the door, and Mia is shy. Then her teacher kneels down and says hello. At the drawing table Anna, a classmate, sees that Mia has no crayons, and gives her a red one. They draw a picture together: the teacher, the classmate and Mia, holding hands. At home time Mia waves “Bye, teacher! Bye, classmate!” and runs to Mama, happy.

Mia’s teacher kneels down and says hello in Mia’s First Day.
Mia’s teacher kneels down and says hello in Mia’s First Day.
At the drawing table, Mia’s classmate Anna gives her a red crayon.
At the drawing table, Mia’s classmate Anna gives her a red crayon.
Mia points at the picture: “This is my teacher. This is my classmate. This is me!”
Mia points at the picture: “This is my teacher. This is my classmate. This is me!”
At home time Mia waves bye and runs to Mama at the door.
At home time Mia waves bye and runs to Mama at the door.

The new words in this book

teacher

The grown-up at school who helps children learn. It comes up 5 times, and every time the teacher is on the page and answers: she waves hello, kneels down to Mia, lights up in the children’s picture and waves bye at home time.

classmate

A child who is in your class at school. It comes up 5 times: Anna skips over to Mia, gives her a crayon, draws with her, lights up in the picture and waves bye.

Made for children just starting kindergarten, with the words on a real kindergarten class sheet: hello, bye, I am, she is, me, crayons, had, gave, draw and picture. Each sentence is short (2 to 6 words) and the patterns come back with one word changing: “Hello! I am your teacher.” / “Hi! I am Anna.” and “This is my teacher.” / “This is my classmate.” / “This is me!” Every other word is one a 4-year-old already knows.

Questions to ask while you read

Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.

  1. 1Who is Mia saying bye to? How does Mia feel?
  2. 2Who says hello to Mia? What does the teacher do?
  3. 3Who is Anna? Can you wave hi to Anna?
  4. 4Did Mia have crayons? What did her classmate give her?
  5. 5What are Mia and her classmate doing?
  6. 6Who is in the picture? Can you find the teacher, the classmate and Mia?
  7. 7Tap a crayon! What does each crayon draw? Tap the teacher and the classmate!
  8. 8Who does Mia say bye to? Who is waiting at the door?

How hard is this book?

4
Reading level · KFirst sentences

About 50 words, one short sentence at a time, one pattern that repeats.

61words in all
31different words
3.8words per sentence
6longest sentence
More books at this level
Words a child can sound out, by phonics step
Step 1 · short a, i, o44%
Step 2 · all short vowels49%
Step 3 · blends64%
Step 4 · magic e, ee/ai74%
Step 5 · ar/or, oo/ou77%
Step 6 · longer words100%
Grammar in this book
  • Dialogue × 8“Bye, Mama!”
Words that may stop a reader
hellohappypicturedrawyourcrayonhercrayonsgave
All 28 words, most used first

is 6 · classmate 5 · teacher 5 · a 4 · bye 3 · this 3 · am 2 · crayon 2 · hello 2 · her 2 · i 2 · my 2 · and · crayons · draw · for · gave · had · happy · hi · me · no · picture · she · shy · tap · the · your

Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.

Tips for parents

  • First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the pictures together. It takes about a minute and a half.
  • Before the first day of school, read it together and talk about your child’s own teacher and classmates.
  • Read it again and pause before “teacher” or “classmate”, so your child can say it.
  • On the tap page, tap every crayon and watch it draw on the paper. Then say “This is my picture!” together.
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