What a Noise! 6-pack Author: Clare Bowes ISBN: 9780478121421 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: I Strategy/Skill: Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Art and Activity Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Book Summary

This procedural text shows how some children make instruments from materials they find around the house.

Features of the Book

• The side-by-side story lines on each page – one narrative, one procedural.
• The way Harry the baby appears incidental to the story but becomes pivotal.
• The use of onomatopoeia – “Boom!” “Zzzzz!” and “Ting!”
• The use of text in the illustrations to convey noise.
• The abbreviated language and lack of punctuation in some of the procedural text.
• High-interest names of unusual instruments – “kazoo” and “xylophone.”
• The frequent use of exclamation points.
• The high-frequency words – “have” and “some.”

Purpose

What a Noise! can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• hearing the individual sounds in a word
• blending sounds together to make a word
• introducing and discussing the meaning of new words within the story
• developing the skill of writing instructions

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