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Hector's Halloween

Fantasy (fiction), 207 words, Lexile 480L Level 2 Grades 1-2

Hector, a gentle green monster, is thrilled to receive an invitation to a Halloween party. Right away he starts to imagine all the costumes he could wear. When he sews himself a tiger costume, though, he makes a mistake and the stripes go in the wrong direction. Disappointed, he tries to think of another costume, but finally he realizes he can just go as himself.

Book Resources

Teacher

Projectable Book

Projectable Book with Prompts

Student

Printable Book

Double-Sided Book

Lesson Resources

5-Day Shared Reading Lesson

Printable Cards includes character and vocabulary cards.

Lesson Skills

Comprehension Skills and Strategies

Make predictions
Sequence events
Story elements: Problem and solution
Text-to-text connections

Grammar and Mechanics

Capitalization
Possessive nouns

Phonics

Vowel diphthongs ou and ow

Word Work

Book vocabulary

Shared Writing and a Home Connection are integrated into one of the skills above.

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Single-Sided Book

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