Building Skills
Phonics
Long e sound
There are several words throughout this book that share the same sound. Have children go through the text a second time, being aware of the words containing the letter e. As they are reading those words, have them say each word aloud and listen for the long e sound. If the books are to be consumable, have children underline all the words containing the long e sound. If the books are not consumable, they can use Post-it Notes on the appropriate page or take notes on a separate piece of paper. Some of the words that children may recognize as having the long e sound are: each, Jenny, breathes, tree, stretchy, piece, begins, greeting, and leaves.
Word Work
Capitalization—proper nouns
Create a sentence that has at least two proper nouns in it. Do not capitalize any of the words, including the letter at the beginning of the sentence. Have children go through the book and capitalize the appropriate words. Have children pair up into groups. Then have each child create his or her own sentence without capitalizing the appropriate words. They will then exchange papers and the other child will have put capital letters in the appropriate places. For example:
my friend sally will be going to france next june. (My, Sally, France, and June should be capitalized.)
Suffixes
See the Lesson Objectives—Word Work section above.
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