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A DAY AT THE PARK

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Ginger Kosobucki and Cindy Reinhard

Theme: Family

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Using This Story

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  • These stories were created as open educational resources to use with adult English language learners who have limited-literacy skills.
  • We encourage using the stories first without words, to introduce and develop students’ oral language before showing them the text.
  • Comic Sans font is used in the stories because it closely resembles handwriting.
  • The story is meant to be a resource, not a stand-alone curriculum.
  • The Yes/No and Wh- question slides are not meant to be shown to the students.

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All photos courtesy of Pexels.com

@2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 license by the Pathway to Literacy Program, under the direction of the Immigrant Welcome Center, in Indianapolis, IN. All images in this story, unless otherwise attributed, are from Public Domain or free stock photo images sources, such as Unsplash, Pikist, Pixabay, Pexels, FreePik, Pics4Learning.

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A Day at the Park

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The End

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Yes/No Questions

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  1. It is Sunday.
  2. Daddy and I will go to the park.
  3. Daddy helps me put on my jacket.
  4. It is sunny.
  5. We play soccer at the park.
  6. We sit and watch t.v.
  7. Daddy takes a picture on his phone.
  8. Mommy hugs and kisses me.
  9. We drive home.
  10. We had fun at the park.

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A Day at the Park

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Today is Saturday.

I will go to the park with Daddy.

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Daddy helps me put on my jacket.

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Daddy holds my hand.

We walk to the park.

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It is a little rainy.

Daddy holds the umbrella.

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Daddy plays soccer with me at the park.

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I throw the ball to Daddy.

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Daddy throws the ball to me.

I catch it.

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We sit and talk.

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Daddy takes a picture of us on his phone.

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Then he hugs and kisses me.

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We walk home from the park.

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I had such a fun day with Daddy.

I love him so much!

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The End

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Wh- Questions

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  • What day is it?
  • Where are they going?
  • What does Daddy help with?
  • What does Daddy hold?
  • What do they do at the park?
  • Who takes a picture?
  • How do they get home?
  • How do they feel?

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  1. Today is Saturday.
  2. I will go to the park with Daddy.
  3. Daddy helps me put on my jacket.
  4. Daddy holds my hand.
  5. We walk to the park.
  6. It is a little rainy.

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Numbered Sentences

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  • Daddy holds the umbrella.
  • Daddy plays soccer with me at the park.
  • I throw the ball to Daddy.
  • Daddy throws the ball to me.
  • I catch it.
  • We sit and talk.

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  • Daddy takes a picture of us on his phone.
  • Then he hugs and kisses me.
  • We walk home from the park.
  • I had such a fun day with Daddy.
  • I love him so much!