Biscuit
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

     It's time for bed, but that sweet, yellow puppy, Biscuit finds all sorts of excuses not to go.  When his owner finally goes to bed, he curls up close to her and finally falls asleep too.  Students enjoy books in the Biscuit series.

Trade Books for Self-Selected Reading

Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

A Dog's Tale by Seymour Reit

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

My Dog Rosie by Isabelle Harper

Where's Lulu? by William H. Hooks

High Frequency Words Introduced in the Story

jump        more        sleep        time        with

Skills Being Taught

1.  Main Idea:  Students are taught to recognize the main idea of a selection.  They learn that details are small parts of a story, while the main idea tells what the whole story is about.

2.  Short u

3.  Initial s blends such as sl, sm, st, sn

4.  Grammar:  Proper Nouns--Students learn that special names of people, places, things, and animals are to be capitalized.  Give your child a noun (boy, for example) and have him/her write a proper noun (Patrick, for example), making sure to begin it with a capital.