Poppa

Poppa is a realistic fiction story about a girl named Sally who accidently let her budgie bird out of its cage. Her budgie went missing and Sally was really upset. She decided to go stay with her Poppa to cheer herself up. While on a walk, she saw some Oysterchatchers tangled in fishing line. Poppa and Sally saved the birds, which made her feel really proud. The story is narrated with text and speech bubbles.

Poppa 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. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as adjectives (shimmering), pronouns (she), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (bird’s wing) and apostrophes within contractions (that’s). Focus on r-controlled vowels (started), suffix ly (slowly), base words (escaped), and silent letters (knew).

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