Henry and the Rain

Henry and the Rain is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Henry angry at the rain. The rain was coming in windows, doors, and chimney. He went outside to get a mop from his shed, and when he fell in a puddle, he started to realize the rain can be fun! The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Henry and the Rain 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 and illustrative text, layout, and design. There is a flow diagram at the end of the book to summarize the events. An activity on drawing and writing about something do do in the rain is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (rain), high-frequency words (stay), and positional words (in). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Henry), full stops, commas, quotation marks, ellipses, and exclamation marks. Focus on digraph ch (chimney), word family ip (drip), and suffix ed (shouted).

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