Before you Start

Skill Level: For students to read this book independently with the support of the lesson they need to be able to:

• Have speech-to print-match.
• Count syllables in words.
• Use beginning sound information: /h/, /w/
• Recognize high-frequency words: a, some, I, see, by, the
• Use the illustrations to predict what a word says.
• Participate in a guided reading of the book with the teacher.