Book Summary
In this retelling of an Ituri folktale, a curious monkey comes upon a sleeping animal. Soon all sorts of forest creatures gather to look at the odd beast. Many can say what it is not, but none can say what it is. The sleeping animal is awakened by the commotion, and it begins to bark and chase the animals. Since then, dogs have chased any animal they see. The moral of the story is to "let sleeping dogs lie."

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Understand main idea and details
• Recognize vowel digraphs ee and ea
• Understand that quotation marks identify a speaker's words
• Identify synonyms

Materials

• Book - The Sleeping Dog (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Main Idea and Details, Vowel Digraphs, Quotation Marks, Synonyms worksheets
• Sets of long /e/ and non-long /e/ word cards for pairs of students
• Word journal (optional)

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (all activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable) 

Vocabulary

• Content words: elephant, giraffe, monkey, okapi, pangolin, tortoise