Text Summary
Bonk brags that he once swam across the whole ocean. But when he goes to the pool with the other Monsters for swimming lessons, he suddenly doesn't seem to like swimming. Even though Bonk insists that he is a good swimmer, Jupe lets him know that it is okay for Bonk to be afraid. 

About the Lesson 

Objectives

• Make inferences about characters
• Orally substitute medial sounds
• Identify variant vowel long /e/
• Recognize pronouns and the words they represent
• Recognize compound words

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make text-to-text connections

Materials

• Book - Bonk and the Big Splash (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Inferences, Long /e/, Pronouns, Compound Words worksheets
• 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

• High-frequency words: he, is, you
• Content words: dolphins, ocean, swimming, swimsuit, swim trunks, goggles, towels