• Ask students if they have ever lost teeth or had loose teeth. Have them describe what happened. Ask them what they did with the tooth. If students volunteer information about the tooth fairy, talk about who the tooth fairy is and what she does.
• If students have read other Monsters books, ask them to recall the stories. Ask if they remember when the monsters went camping, played on their wheels, and got a pet for Jupe. Link the information from past books to this book. Help students understand that a series is a group of books that uses the same characters over and over. 

Preview the Book

• Show students the cover and read the title.
• Ask what other information is on the cover besides the title.
• Ask what they think the book might be about based on the title and cover illustration.
• Open the book to the title page and show students the illustration. Then flip through the pages and show students the illustrations up to page 12. Have them make predictions about what will happen to Bonk and the other monsters. Be sure to incorporate any language that you feel might present difficulty. For example, you might ask, "Why is Bonk wiggling his tooth?"
• Refer to the thought bubble on page 6. Ensure that students understand that when pictures have bubbles coming from a character's mouth or head, that means that the picture inside the bubble shows what the character is saying or thinking. 

Word Attack Strategies
Remind students to use any or all of the following strategies when they encounter difficult words:

• Think about what you already know. Think about the characters in the Monsters books. What might they be doing here? Think about loosing teeth. What happens?
• Use picture clues. Look at the pictures. Ask if the pictures give any clues to what the words on the page might be.
• Reread the sentence. Read the sentence more than once. Think about what might make sense in the sentence. Try a word and read the sentence with that word to see if it makes sense.
• Sound out the word. Starting with the first letter, read each letter sound through the word. Then, blend the sounds together and say them out loud to see if you recognize the word.
• Look for chunks in the word. Look for familiar chunks of letters. For example, the word Snag has the sounds /sn/, short /a/, and /g/. Blend the sounds together.
• Keep reading. Read past the unknown word. Think about what word might make sense. Go back and reread the sentence with the word.