Book Summary
Mother's Day is a delightful story about a boy who, with the help of his father, prepares breakfast for his mom on Mother's Day. Illustrations reinforce the repetitive text pattern.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to make sense of text
• Identify characters, setting, and plot
• Discriminate r-family blends words
• Identify and read r-family blends
• Identify and form possessive nouns
• Identify and form compound words

Materials

• Book -- Mother's Day (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Story elements, possessive nouns, compound 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 you choose not to have students consume the books.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: help, then, we
• Content words: special, something, wake, early, downstairs, quietly, crack, bowl, bacon, toast, toaster, bread, decorate, juice, flower, card, sneak, breakfast, both