Book Summary
Bonk keeps a lucky buckeye in his pocket. One night he puts the lucky buckeye on his dresser, and in the morning it is gone. Then he begins to have bad luck. How will the monsters solve this mystery? Bonk and the Lucky Buckeye provides an opportunity for readers to practice retelling and identifying cause-and-effect relationships. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
• Identify cause and effect
• Segment syllables
• Identify short /u/ vowel
• Identify and use present-tense verbs
• Place words in alphabetical order

Materials

• Book -- Bonk and the Lucky Buckeye (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Cause and effect, short /u/ vowel, present-tense verbs worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: good, puts, says, this, with
• Content words: acorn, buckeye, lucky, monsters, mystery, pocket