Turtle and Snake

Turtle and Snake is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about Snake telling Turtle to come out of her shell. When Turtle did, she liked the grass but did not like the bees and rain. When Turtle tried to go back into her shell, Snake was in there! She had Snake leave. The story is narrated with illustrative text, split frames, and onomatopoeia.

Turtle and Snake 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 an action/consequence chart. There is an action/consequence chart at the end of the book. An activity on drawing and writing about a good home for snake is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (slither), high-frequency words (her), and positional words (under). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Snake), full stops, commas, question marks, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sn (Snake), word family ell (shell), and suffix ed (looked).

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