Stop Going Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!

Stop Going Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! is a fictional animal fantasy story about a rooster saying “cock-a-doodle-doo” and a duck unhappy about it. Duck wanted Rooster to stop so he came up with a plan. Rooster fell in the water, and when Duck pulled him out…all he could say was “Achoo!” The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Stop Going Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! 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 bold and illustrative text, layout, and design. There is a flow diagram at the end of the book to summarize the events. An activity on drawing and writing about one of the animals in the book is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (achoo), high-frequency words (can’t), and positional words (off). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Rooster), full stops, commas, quotation marks, ellipses, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend st (stop), word family op (stop), and suffix ed (jumped).

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