Zoom Broom by Margie Palatini
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By Melissa Van Ittersum
When her Zoom Broom sputters and dies, Gritch the Witch ends up at a used-vehicle lot run by a fox. Foxy has several items he'd like to unload on her, including a magic carpet and Cinderella's pumpkin coach.
Possible strategy instruction:
- C: Check for understanding.
- C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text.
- C: Use text features.
- C: Recognize literacy elements.
- C: Compare and contrast within and between text.
- A: Recognize when two words rhyme.
- A: Recognize words at sight.
- F: Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody.
- F: Read the text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling.
- F: Voracious reading.
- E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing.
- E: Use word parts to determine the meaning of words.
