A Note from Robert Munsch A long long LONG time ago when I was in first grade my class had 60 kids in it The teacher didn’t read any books and neither did the kids It was not fun Well here is a book that is fun to read for both you and your grown-ups READERS RULE 1
Mommy 2 High-Frequency Words Practice reading these high-frequency words in the story all down new over Meet the Characters Get to know the characters from the story by looking at the pictures and names below Before Reading Jule Ann Mud Puddle
Character Spotlight The Mud Puddle Think about the mud puddle as a character in the story Why do you think the mud puddle keeps trying to land on Jule Ann If you had to draw a face for the mud puddle what kind of expression would it have e g happy silly sad angry Compound Words Some words have two words put together to make one word These are called compound words In this story you can see the word outside which is made up of the words out and side Take a look at the words below and turn them into compound words in mail snow ice star side box ball cream fish Can you think of any other compound words 3
