OurTeacheq Miss Poolby )oy Cowleyillustrated by Philip Webb

Eook SumrnaryThis is a humorous narrative written in diary fbrm.Miss Pool is without her usual transportation toschool and arives by other means until she has theopportunity to fix her car.

Features of tlre Book. The diary format and sequence of days of

the week.. Capital letters for the days of the week.. The use of quotation marks and question mark.. Multiple lines of text to reinforce the left-to-rightsweep.. The blends - "sh", "st", and "sk".. The double "oo" vowel - "Pool", "school", and"balloon".. The high-fiequency words - "went". "by", "On","How", "will", "not", "she", "said", and "her".

Fr^;rposeOur Teacher, Mi,ss PooL can be used in a guidedreading setting to introduce and reinfbrce thefollowing skills and strategies:

$ using structural cues to monitor that reading ismaking sense;

E reading everyday text within the classroom, forexample, labels, signs, and instructions;

E reading an increasing variety ofhigh-freqlrencywords in context:

E innovating on an original storyline to wrireanother version:

E developing the skill of writing a recount ofevents or reactions to a story.

Introducing the textTalk about the ways in which the children in thegroup came to school.

- How would you get to schoo/ tf the carlbus wouldnot. staftlDo you know how I get to school?

Read the title and the cover information.- Whotis Miss Pool doing here? Can you see where she

is golnglWhat ktnd of teacher do you thtnk sLte ts7

Reading the textE Using structural cues to monitor that reading is

making sense.E Reading everyday text within the classroom, for

example, labels, signs, and instructions.E Reading an increasing variety of high-frequency

words in context.Title page - Read the text and discuss the picture.Page2

- Whot is Miss Pool doing!- Why is she iooklng ot her cor in this wof- lf her cor won't stort, how will she get to school?

Pages 3 to 7 - Explain that the book tells us abouteach day of the week. Each page begins with thename of a day.Page 8

- Whot ls Mlss Pool dorng on Soturdoy?How will she go ro school on Mondof

Compare the pictures and facial expressions onpages2 and 8.

- How con you tell thot Miss Pooi is soying somethlngon these poges?

The children now read the book independently.

Revisiting the textLook at the text on page 2 andlocate the quotationmarks.

- When do we use these mcrk?Find the other examples of direct speech anddiscuss these. Ask the group to find the threeexamples of the double "oo" vowel in the story.List other words that have this sound in them.

Following UpEl Innovating on an original storyline to write

another version.E Developing the skill of writing a recount of

eYents or reactions to a story.(\ Make a wall story showing a week with somenew transportation possibilities. Caption thesewith the model used in the story - "On Monday,

_ she went by ..." or "On Monday, I went by ...."El Complete the blackline master opposite.

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