Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Who Ate My Latkes?
Mystery (fiction), 235 words, Lexile 610L Level 2 Grades 1-2
Everyone is looking forward to a delicious Hanukkah dinner of latkes, but when the narrator sits down, she finds that her latkes have been eaten already. Who could have eaten them? Everyone was together to light the menorah, then Mom and Dad were cooking while the children played a game of dreidel together. None of them could be the thief. Finally, the puppy Rex gives himself away.
Lesson Resources
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Lesson Skills
Comprehension Skills and Strategies- Make predictions
- Problem and solution
- Sequence events
- Text-to-text connections
Grammar and Mechanics
- Contractions
- End punctuation
Word Work
- Book vocabulary
- Similes
Shared Writing and a Home Connection are integrated into one of the skills above.