Description
In Taqu Learns to Listen, Taqu learn what it means to be a good friend as well as being respectful. Taqu enjoyed being outdoors and on a summer day she went to find some of her friends. But some friends were busy doing things such as packing to leave for a camping trip and another friend was very sad. Taqu learned from her mother that talking about problems sometimes helps a person feel better. But Aqi doesn’t want to talk as Taqu keeps asking more questions. Finally Taqu has to be told that sometimes people want to be alone for a while. Aqi helps Taqu understand that listening to your friends is important too. This 32-page illustrated reader in the social and emotional learning series helps primary level readers understand what it means to be a good friend by listening to others. Taqu Learns to Listen is a title in the Nunavummi Reading Series published by Inhabit Education. This is a unique Nunavut-made levelled reading series that aligns the reading expectations of the Inuit language, English, and French. The reading series corresponds closely to the reading levels and expectations developed by the Department of Education in Nunavut. This approach to literacy provides educators and parents the tools they need to ensure that children are equally challenged and successful in all the languages represented in Nunavut. Highly recommended. This leveled reader is Level 11 and has a text identified as Fountas & Pinnell Level: K.