Cookie's+Week

Day 1

 * 1) Look at cover. Make predictions about what kind of cat Cookie is.
 * 2) Do picture walk on your own. Stop and think on each page about what is happening.
 * 3) Share what they saw and what they predict from their picture walk.
 * 4) Words to preview:
 * 5) Wednesday: go over "upset" = knocked over
 * 6) Saturday: curtains
 * 7) Review strategies for tricky words. Give out bookmark for strategies.
 * 8) Share strategies for tricky words.

Day 2

 * 1) Check predictions. Were you right?
 * 2) Tell each other what you remember that happened.
 * 3) Teach how to scoop with the popsicle sticks.
 * 4) Students read.
 * 5) Practice scooping and model for each other.
 * 6) Inferring: What do you think Cookie is going to do on Sunday? What do you infer from the picture?

Day 3

 * 1) Talk about synthesizing. What if you were going to tell a friend about this book so he or she would want to read it? How could you explain it without telling the whole story? Re-read to find out. (Hand out popsicle sticks and reader bookmarks)
 * 2) Students try to synthesize the story.
 * 3) Do some fluency practice together.