Where is the Spy?

Where Is the Spy? is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about a spy getting ready to go out and a bunch of animals wondering where he is going. The animals began to follow him until the spy went in a shop. The animals did not know where he went…until he came out in vacation clothes! The story is narrated with dialogue and speech bubbles.

Where Is the Spy? 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 font style and size, speech bubbles, layout, and design. There is an exemplar of a map at the end of the book to show a route map with labels. An activity on drawing a map to their house is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (hair), high-frequency words (here), and positional words (down). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for sentence beginnings, full stops, commas, question marks, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sp (spy) and word family own (town).

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