Mum at the Fair

Mum at the Fair is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a mum and her kids going to the fair. Mum went on the big wheel and started to feel sick as it went around. When she got off, she looked green, and her kids said it is time to go home. The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Mum at the Fair 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 font, illustrative text, and the layout and design of labels. There is an exemplar at the end of the book to show a garden with labels. An activity on drawing and writing about a new “big” ride is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (fair), high-frequency words (with), and positional words (up). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Mum), full stops, commas, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend gr (green), word family een (green), and the suffix ing (coming).

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