Mum at the Football

Mum at the Football is a humorous fiction story about a son and his Mum going to a football game. Mum was very enthusiastic about her favourite team winning and started to embarrass her son. When her team was struggling, she jumped onto the field to show them how it’s done. The story is narrated by the son with dialogue, speech bubbles, and thought bubbles.

Mum at the Football 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 speech bubbles and thought bubbles embedded in the illustrations as well as the information, layout, and design of billboards. There is an illustrated infographic at the end of the book outlining how billboards can look different. There is an informational billboard and advertising billboard. An activity on designing their own billboard advertisement is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (shoe/shoes) and homonyms (would/wood). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Mum’s), apostrophes within contractions (don’t), and ellipses. Focus on long and short vowel a.

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