What Does Greedy Cat Like? 6-pack Author: Joy Cowley ISBN: 9780478122046 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Forming opinions, making judgements, Phonics, Text structure, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Family, Food, Pets Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

Playful Greedy Cat likes lots of predictable, catlike things.

Features of the Book

• The two known characters – Greedy Cat and Katie.
• The “ch” blend – “chocolate.”
• The “es” in the plural of box.
• The “ing” word ending – “string.”
• The high-frequency words – “like,” “for,” and “He.”
• The change in the text pattern on page 6.
• The humor shown in the illustrations.
• Clear, well-spaced text, consistently placed.
• The question mark and exclamation point.
• The repetition – “Greedy Cat likes.”

Purpose

What Does Greedy Cat Like? can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• sharing ideas about the story with others in the group
• recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
• developing an awareness of the directionality of the print on each page
• writing a story that incorporates a similar model to that of the book

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