Fiction Readers: Carousel Colors

Carousel Colors is a realistic fiction story about a girl describing the different colors of the horses on a carousel ride. She wonders what horse she will ride and chooses the blue horse. The story is narrated with illustrations. 

Carousel Colors is a simple narrative story. Illustrations match the text. Draw students’ attention to the visual features including the layout and design of the story.

Readers develop vocabulary such as high frequency words (there) and positional words (around). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, question marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on initial consonant h (horse).

This title is from the Fiction Readers series from Teacher Created Materials. Stimulate the imagination and promote creative thinking through real-world themes captured in.