¿Dónde está Samuel? 6-pack Author: Julie Ellis ISBN: 9780790328089 Copyright Date: 2007 Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Making connections, Making predictions Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Health Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Overview

In this humorous story, the reader follows Sam through the house, finding item after item of discarded clothing, until the answer to the question posed in the title is revealed. The keyhole illustration on the cover provides an intriguing clue, while the detailed illustrations provide many opportunities for discussion.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of predicting using illustrations and making connections with real-life experiences. It provides opportunities for consolidating the high-frequency words “here,” “where,” “is,” and “are” and for monitoring the students’ use of return sweep. Look at Me is another Dragonflies emergent title about clothes.

Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

• the high-frequency words – are, he, is, this
• the digraph -sh – shoes, T-shirt
• the repetitive text structure
• the shift from one to two lines of text per page
• the question and answer format of the text
• the names for the items of clothing
• the exclamation mark for emphasis on page 8
• the possessive apostrophe in “Sam’s”
• the close picture–text match
• the way the illustrations heighten the fun of the story, showing Sam disappearing from view on each page

For more information please see our Lesson Plan.