Clown Paints His House

Clown Paints His House is a humorous fiction story about Clown who wanted to paint his house. He made a list of what he needed and checked his shed. He needed a brush and decided to use a broom. He painted his whole house all different colours and then realized…where are the windows? The story is narrated with dialogue, speech bubbles, and visual lists.

Clown Paints His House is a simple narrative story. 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 change in font style and size, visual list, layout, and design. There is an exemplar of a list at the end of the book to show a shopping list. An activity on making a shopping list is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (paint), high-frequency words (looked), and compound words (today). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Clown), full stops, commas, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend br (brown), word family ill (will), and suffix ed (looked).

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Guided Reding: E

DRA: 6-8

Grade: 1