Little Rooster's Diamond Button By Margaret Read MacDonald

In Little Rooster's Diamond Button by Margaret Read MacDonald, a colorful rooster has a magic stomach which gets him out of many a sticky predicament. It has great potential for expanding vocabulary, especially for discovering synonyms for "angry". Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Check for Understanding
• C: Make and adjust predictions, use text to confirm
• A: Use the picture...Do the words and pictures match?
• F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
• E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing