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Where Is Lunch?
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478122060
Grade Level:
K
Reading Level:
B
Strategy/Skill:
Comprehension strategies, Fluency, Making predictions, Phonemic awareness
Genre:
General Narrative
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, Conflict, Food
Classification:
Fiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
Where Is Lunch? is a story of some little chimpanzees looking for their lunch, only to discover that the largest chimp is eating it.
Features of the Book
- The sequential numerals, supported by cumulative elements in the illustrations.
- The repetitive elements of the main text.
- One sentence covering two pages on pages 4 and 6.
- The change from “Where is” to “There is ” on the final page.
- The large, bold text for the number of chimps.
- Changing emphasis, shown in bold.
- Consistent use of direct speech.
- The question marks and exclamation point.
- The high-frequency words – “is” and “my.”
Purpose
Where Is Lunch? can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:
- monitoring the reading and ensuring it is making sense using meaning, structure, and visual information from the story
- encouraging reading using expression to increase understanding
- predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
- writing new words independently by hearing and recording the sounds in sequence
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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