Text Summary
Bonk dreams of a new bike, but he doesn’t have enough money to buy it. To earn the money, he decides to start a dog-walking business. Bonks friends volunteer to help him, but he wants to put all the money toward his new bike. Bonk’s business is very successful, and in the end he is forced to ask his friends for help. Like true friends, they all work together to make Bonk’s dream come true.
About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
- Make text-to-text connections
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of making text-to-text connections in the Monster series to understand the story
- Identify main idea and details
- Orally substitute medial sounds
- Locate and read words that contain the ea vowel digraph and make the long /e/ sound
- Locate and read verbs with -ing endings
- Read high-frequency words in text
Materials
- Book Bonk’s New Bike (copy for each student)
- Chalkboard or dry erase board
- Cause and effect, vowel digraph ea, high-frequency words worksheets
- Word journal (optional)
Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are to be reused.)
Vocabulary
- High-frequency words: new, their, will
- Content words: bike, business, dreams, handlebars, piggybank, pennies, money, people, spokes, walking
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