Feathered Friends

Feathered Friends is a realistic fiction story about a man who noticed the snow on the ground and trees. He noticed the cold birds that looked hungry. He made them some dinner with fat, seeds, and honey. All the birds flew up to get some dinner when the old man came out. The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Feathered Friends 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 bold typeface, layout, and design. There is an exemplar of a menu for birds at the end of the book. An activity on designing a menu for other animals is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (seeds), high-frequency words (said), and positional words (on). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, full stops, commas, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sn (snow) and word family an (man).

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