|
|
|
|
Boots for Toots
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478121797
Grade Level:
K
Reading Level:
C
Strategy/Skill:
Information skills, Making predictions, Phonics, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
General Narrative
Theme/Topic:
Humor
Classification:
Fiction
Fluency:
Emergent
|
Book Summary
The delightful Toots (pronounced with the long “oo” sound) sets about buying a pair of boots. She tries on different kinds, telling the reader why they are not suitable, until she finds the perfect pair.
Features of the Book
- Word building in the rhyming words – “boots” and “Toots.”
- The high-frequency word “are.”
- Repeated vocabulary – “These boots are.”
- Clear, consistently placed text with good word spacing.
- The additional text on the store signs.
- The use of “too” as an adverb.
- Exaggeration as a means of focusing the reader’s attention.
- The use of picture clues with initial consonants and blends to read unknown words.
Purpose
Boots for Toots can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:
- reading a range of simple, high-frequency words in context
- predicting the meanings of new or unfamiliar words from the context of the story
- recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
- collecting information relating to the story to share with others
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
|
|
|
