La sorpresa de Ling Li 6-pack Author: Alan and Jill Bagnall ISBN: 9780790328676 Copyright Date: 2007 Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: E Strategy/Skill: Main ideas, Making predictions Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Pets, School and Community Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Overview

A girl brings a mystery package to school to share with her class.  Ling Lee becomes the focus of attention as her gift is revealed.  This story has an underlying theme about valuing other cultures, gaining confidence, and developing a sense of belonging.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of:

• making and confirming predictions
• summarizing the main ideas

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

• the initial consonant blends – br , cl, pl, sm, st, sw
• the digraphs -ch – China, teacher; -sh – goldfish, she, show; -th – mother, the, there; -thr – three
• the present-tense verbs – holds, opens, says, sits, smiles, takes
• the -y ending – carefully, happy, story, very
• the -ou sound – our, out, round
• the variety of adjectives – beautiful, big, brown, little, paper, plastic
• the compound words – classroom, goldfish
• the use of direct speech
• the use of changing perspective over pages 5 to 8 as Ling Lee reveals her surprise
• the familiar classroom scenes

For more information please see our Lesson Plan