New Balloon, A 6-pack Author: Clare Bowes ISBN: 9780478122121 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: E Strategy/Skill: Making predictions, Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary and word study Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Science and Technology Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

A New Balloon chronicles a child’s delight in exploring the properties of a balloon – until an inquisitive kitten takes the story to its predictable conclusion.

Features of the Book

The logical sequence of the events helps the reader to predict the outcome.

• The clear, well-spaced text.
• The double “oo” vowel – “look” and “balloon.”
• The rhyme – “blow” and “grow.”
• The high-frequency words – “look,” “A,” “it,” “and,” “like,” and “up.”
• The text in the illustration – “POP.”
• The ellipses to indicate suspense.
• The simple, clear illustrations.
• The placement of the balloon on pages 8 and 9 to provide strong visual clues to the meaning.

Purpose

A New Balloon can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
• recognizing rhyming words
• recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
• writing using the conventions of capital letters and periods

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