Text Summary
Everything about Bonk is growing—even his hair. When Jupe suggests that Bonk needs a haircut, Bonk thinks of other ways to keep his hair out of his eyes—like standing on his head! After crashing his bike because he couldn’t see a bump in the road, Bonk decides to go to the barbershop. He considers several styles of haircuts. Which one will he choose? Readers will find out at the end of the story. 

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make text-to-text connections

Objectives

• Make connections between what is known about characters from previous books to new book being read
• Identify problem and solution
• Segment and blend phonemes
• Recognize r-family blends and read words containing them
• Recognize types of sentences and end punctuation used with each
• Recognize and form compound words

Materials

• Book – Bonk Goes to the Barbershop (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Problem and solution, r-family blends, compound words worksheet

    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: I, this, see, they
• Content words: growing, shoulders, haircut, ponytail, mirror, ground, barbershop, helmet, pedal, bandage, curly, spiked, shaved, backpack