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Marvin's Birthday
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478277234
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
K
Strategy/Skill:
Character study, Making connections, Phonemic awareness, Using graphic sources
Genre:
General Narrative, Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Celebrations and Traditions, Family, Humor
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
It’s Marvin’s birthday in four days. Marvin is worried that nobody will remember. But Dad, Karla, and Nina have remembered, and they’re planning a big surprise.
Features of the Book
- Direct speech
- Notes
- Interactive text that asks questions of the reader
- Third-person narrative
- Written from a child’s point of view
Word Study Opportunities
- Contractions – couldn’t, he’d, what’s, wasn’t, you’ll
- Double consonants – apples, babysitter, dinner, hidden, pizza
- Verb ending “ed” – asked, emailed, grabbed, sniffed
- Multisyllabic words – babysitter, calendar, macaroni, pepperoni, remembered
Purpose
Marvin’s Birthday can be used to introduce and reinforce the following standards-related skills:
- making connections between own experiences and the text
- interpreting and analyzing characters’ feelings, relationships, and actions
- using the illustrations to gain a deeper understanding of the text
- using onsets and rimes to learn new words
- writing compositions that have interesting subjects
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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