Text Summary
After the Monsters start playing soccer, Bonk brags that he is so good he doesn't even need a team. So Uzzle, Lurk, and Snag go home and practice on their own. On the day of the big game, Bonk gets into trouble quickly. But luckily, his friends jump in and help him, showing Bonk why it is important to work as a team. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make text-to-text connections

Objectives

• Sequence story events
• Orally segment phonemes in words with s-family blends
• Associate the blends sc, sn, and st with the phonetic elements /sc/, /sn/, and /st/
• Recognize action verbs
• Add verb endings -s and -es

Materials

• Book - Monster Soccer (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Read-Aloud book: A Super Special Soup
• Sequencing, S-Blend, -s and -es Endings worksheets

    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, the, they, you
• Content words: soccer, team, dribble, kick, pass, cheer, steal, catch, score