Young readers will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent as potential pets—a monkey, a lion, and even an elephant! But will they ever find the perfect fit for the family?
This cute repetitive zoo book can be used in speech therapy to target predicting. It is also great for sequencing, describing and for targeting /h/, /s/, /th/, /t/, and /k/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Dear Zoo: A Lift the Flap Book in speech therapy below:
Frequent Speech Sounds:
/s/ initial
/th/ initial
/t/ initial and final
/k/ final
/h/ initial
Themes:
non-seasonal
zoo
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
Dear Zoo: A Lift the Flap Book
By Rod Campbell
Key Teaching Concepts
Narrative Structure:
action sequence
Narrative Concepts:
vocabulary
sequencing
predicting
adjectives
conjunction (so)
prepositions (in and back)
repetitive text
text features
Sequencing:
order of pets sent
Vocabulary:
pet, heavy, fragile, tall, danger, fierce, care, grumpy, scary, naughty, jumpy, perfect
Grammar:
adjectives
verbs (irregular past tense) (sent)
conjunction (so)
prepositions (in and back)
Text Features:
repetitive text
ellipses
capitals
exclamation marks
flaps
labels
Inferencing:
Why do you think he sent it back?
Why is the dog a perfect pet?
Predicting:
What heavy animal do you think it could be?
What animal is too tall?
What animal is too fierce?
What animal is too grumpy?
What animal is too scary?
What animal is too naughty?
What animal is too jumpy and can fit into a small box?
What pet do you think would be perfect?