The Owl and the Pussycat Level H
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count : 231

LEVEL H
Leveled Readers
Smaller and Smaller
The Owl and the Pussycat
Friends Around the World
Animals, Animals
I'd Like to Be
Weird Bird Beaks
Police Officers
How the Mice Beat the Men
Ships and Boats
Summer Olympics Events
Maria's Thanksgiving
Earth's Water
Spring Is Here
Math Test Mix-Up
Wing's Visit to Singapore
Terell's Taste Buds
Nami's Gifts
Grasshopper's Gross Lunch

WORKSHEETS FOR
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
Worksheets

LEVEL H
BENCHMARK BOOKS
How Long Does It Take
Living Together

COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
Comprehension Quiz
Level H Answer Sheet

Book Summary
The Owl and the Pussycat is a charming retelling of the classic story, told in rhyme. In this story, the owl and the pussycat decide to sail away to be together. When they arrive at their destination, they are married by the turkey who lives on the hill and live happily ever after.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
• Identify the sequence of a story
• Identify and produce rhyme
• Read and write words with the diphthong /ou/ letter combinations ow and ou
• Identify adjectives
• Recognize and understand compound words

Materials

• Book -- The Owl and the Pussycat (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, diphthong /ou/ worksheets

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: went, some, look, with
• Content words: owl, pussycat, beautiful, guitar, fowl, wonderfully, Pong-tree