Funny Pets
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What's Inside
Reach for this book with a child who is ready to read again and again. It fits well for shared reading at home, in a classroom, or any time you want simple practice with print.
Would you like to have a funny pet? Read this book over and over and it will become easy to read. Fluency is the key to reading.
Children practice beginning reading skills, repeated words, high-frequency words, and pointing to the words on the page. It is a strong choice for readers who are building confidence and learning to read smoothly.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Funny Pets into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Beginning reading skills
- Repeated words
- Pointing to words
- High-frequency words
- Reading fluency
- Early reading practice
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you think a funny pet might be like, based on the title?
- 2 Have you ever read a book more than once and noticed it became easier each time?
- 3 When you see a word on a page, how can pointing to it help you read it?
- 4 Why do you think the book says to read it over and over?
- 5 What do you do when a word appears again and again in a book?
- 6 What makes a pet funny to you?
Words to Learn
- pet
- An animal that people keep and care for at home.
- funny
- Something that makes you laugh or smile.
- fluency
- Reading words smoothly and with less stopping.
- repeat
- To say or do something again.
- point
- To show a word or picture with your finger.
- word
- A small group of letters that means something.
- reading
- Looking at words and understanding what they say.
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