Mum at the Market

Mum at the Market is a humorous, realistic story about a boy who goes to the market with his Mum. Mum buys many strange things, and on their way home, they pick up a watermelon. The watermelon is so large that they roll it as they are walking home but it rolls away from them and crashes into a tree. The boy and his Mum eat the watermelon.

To begin, the characters and setting are introduced. Illustrations add detail, interest, and humour to the text and are found on each page. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences.

There are a few prepositional phrases, indicating time, at the beginning of a sentence. There are some adjectives throughout. To conclude, a map with a legend is shown. In addition, a Word Bank is offered with images to support each word.

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