Building Skills
Phonics
Introduce or review double letters. Have children identify some of the double letters in the book. Explain that doubled letters usually occur in the middle of words when there is a consonant sound between the syllables. Letters are also sometimes doubled before adding suffixes. For example: sag + ed = sagged
Word Work
Mechanics: Exclamation marks
Say: Exclamation marks let the reader know that something is either supposed to be loud or is very important. They should not be used a lot in writing because they lose their strength. If someone shouts all of the time, we stop thinking that what they are shouting is important. The same is true in writing.
Have children find the sentences in the story with exclamation marks and identify the reason the author may have chosen to give emphasis to those sentences. Have children practice writing three sentences each that have exclamation points after them, such as Look out!
Have children complete Worksheet 2.
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