Book Summary
What torture! Morty has to miss his best friend's skating party to attend his Aunt Maggie's wedding. He's also a bit annoyed that his sisters are getting all the attention because they're in the wedding. Once again, Morty's mischievious nature gets him into trouble--and this time into the wedding, too!

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
• Make inferences
• Identify and understand the use of possessive nouns
• Locate and understand the meaning of compound words

Materials

• Book -- Morty and the Fancy-Pants Wedding (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Prediction, make inferences, possessive nouns, compound words worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: aisle, balance, ceremony, chamois, disappointed, methodically, mock, shenanigans