Sailor Sam and the Balloons

Sailor Sam and the Balloons is a humorous, fictional text about sailors who are told they have the day off as long as they can keep their ship moving. As the sailors are racing up the mast, it breaks and the boat stops moving. Sailor Sam blows up balloons and they carry the ship over the water until the other sailors fix the mast.

Illustrations support interpretation and enhance enjoyment in this narrative text. Illustrative text is used. Speech bubbles are used to convey thoughts.

Some sentences begin with dependent clauses. Compound sentences are joined by and. To conclude, an action/consequence chart is shown.  In addition, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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