Book Summary
The enthusiastic monkey can't resist jumping into everything--the boat, the grass, the mud, and finally the bathtub. The humorous illustrations provide support for new vocabulary, and young readers will enjoy the monkey's antics.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Read to revise and confirm predictions
• Sequence story events
• Discriminate the short /i/ vowel sound
• Associate the letter Ii with the sound /i/
• Understand that some words describe actions
• Identify position words

Materials

• Book -- In (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, short /i/, position words worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: in, the
• Content words: car, wagon, boat, house, water, grass, mud, bathtub