Octopus for Dinner!

Octopus for Dinner is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Ben who wanted to catch some dinner. He caught Octopus, but when he turned around…Octopus slipped out of the cage and back into the water. Ben ran all over the boat looking for Octopus, but Octopus was already back in the Ocean. The story is narrated with illustrative text and onomatopoeia.

Octopus for Dinner 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 changes in font style like bold and illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of a sequence. There is a story sequence at the end of the book to demonstrate the order of events. An activity on drawing and writing about where else an octopus could hide is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (slink), high-frequency words (some), and positional words (over). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Ben), full stops, commas, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sl (slink), word family and (sand), and suffix ing (going).

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