I Found My Pet
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What's Inside
Reading this one together at home gives a child a chance to think about how it might feel to lose a pet. The book supports early reading practice with picture clues, word by word matching, and careful attention to print.
I Found My Pet also helps children notice patterns in words and solve new words as they read. It fits well for children working on level D skills and for adults who want to reread a short book to build fluency. Read it slowly the first time, then invite your child to point to each word as you go back through it.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn I Found My Pet into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Early reading strategies
- Using picture clues
- Word by word matching
- Following print with eyes
- Noticing word patterns
- Reading with fluency
Discussion Questions
- 1 How do you think someone might feel if they lost a pet?
- 2 What clues in the pictures or words could help a reader figure out the story?
- 3 When you hear the word pet, what kinds of animals or care do you think about?
- 4 Why do you think it helps to read the words one by one with your eyes when reading a level D book?
- 5 What do you notice about the patterns in the words as you read this book again?
- 6 How can reading the same book many times help a child read more smoothly?
Words to Learn
- pet
- A pet is an animal that lives with people and is cared for by them.
- lost
- Lost means you cannot find something or someone.
- clue
- A clue is a hint that helps you figure something out.
- Print is the writing on the page that we read.
- pattern
- A pattern is something that repeats in a way you can notice.
- fluency
- Fluency means reading smoothly and with good flow.
- match
- Match means to make the words you say fit the words you see.
- strategy
- A strategy is a helpful way to solve a problem.
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