This book is perfect for a Progressing Reader who:can figure out unknown words by using picture and context clues;can recognize beginning, middle, and ending sounds;can make and confirm predictions about what will happen in the text; and can distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.
Here are some activities you can do during and after reading this book:
· Word Repetition: The author repeats the words snip and clip throughout the story. Reread the story and count how many times each word is used.
· The illustrator has drawn lots of pictures of funny hairstyles such as a beehive, hair with streaks, and too-tight perms.
· Rhyming Words: Find the rhyming words in the story. On a separate sheet of paper, write each word next to the word it rhymes with. Use the chart below as an example.