Mermaid In a Teacup Level Q
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1343

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Book Summary
Hattie and her two friends, Sybil and Sarah, go to Crying Rock for a picnic. While Sarah and Sybil are away for a moment, Hattie climbs up Crying Rock. Just as she is about to turn back, she hears someone singing. It turns out to be a little mermaid. Hattie takes the mermaid home and keeps her in a teacup. Hattie's friends tease her, believing the mermaid is just a toy. But Hattie knows better.

Suggested Lesson Focus

Comprehension/Literary Element Strategies
Determine what characters are like by what they say or do and by how the author portrays them.

Word Skills
Identify compound words and discuss the two separate words that make up the compound word.

Grammar Skills
List some common and proper nouns and explain the difference.

Phonics Skills
Identify and classify words containing vowel digraphs.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
equestrian, mermaid