Monkey and Me By Emily Gravett

In Monkey and Me, a little girl and her toy monkey romp through the book imitating animals they saw at the zoo. But was it the real zoo, or was it just her imagination? Young children will enjoy reading the pictures to guess which animal she is pretending to be before the text gives it away.

Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm.
• A: Use the pictures...Do the words and pictures match?
• F: Practice common sight words and high-frequency words.
• F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text