Camping with Dad

Camping with Dads is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a dad planning a camping trip for his family. He ensures everything on his list is packed, but when the family gets to the campsite, they realize there may have been some packing errors. The story is narrated with dialogue and speech bubbles.

Camping with Dad is a simple narrative. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold text and speech bubbles as well as the information, layout, and design of instructions.The story ends with an infographic outlining a procedure for how to put up a tent. It demonstrates how to list the materials needed and outlines steps 1-8 through bullet points and illustrations that match the steps. An activity on designing and writing simple instructions is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (bag/bags) and homonyms (their/there). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (let’s). Focus on long and short vowel u and suffixes or base words (fallen).

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