Text Summary
The Monsters decide to go on a fishing trip. After catching an old boot, a rusty bucket, and some pond weeds, they're just about to give up. But suddenly, Bonk catches a fish! The other Monsters watch as the fish flops around in the grass. They begin to feel sorry for the animal, and they decide to let it go. But now what will they eat? 

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make personal connections to the text

Objectives

• Sequence story events
• Orally segment phonemes
• Identify words with sh and ch digraphs
• Identify adjectives as describing words

Materials

• Book - A Monster Fish Tale (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequencing, Sh and Ch Digraph, and Adjectives 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: what, have
• Content words: casts, grumbles, ladybugs, raspberries, reels