Book Summary
What? tells the story of Curious Cat, who is tired of eating the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The questions he asks will be familiar to early readers. The repetitive sentence pattern is supported by engaging illustrations.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of pausing to retell to clarify information in the story
• Sequence story events
• Blend onset and rime
• Associate the letter Aa with the short /a/ vowel sound
• Capitalize and punctuate questions
• Identify question words

Materials

• Book -- What? (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, short /a/ worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

  Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if you choose not to have students consume the books.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: what, have, for, said, is
• Content words: curious, breakfast, morning, lunch, afternoon, dinner, please, pizza, snack