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
Before Reading High-Frequency Words Practice reading these high-frequency words in the story how me much three Meet the Characters Get to know the characters from the story by looking at the pictures and the names below Olivia Olivia’s mother Olivia’s father Olivia’s friends 2
Problem and Solution Every story has a problem the part of the story that needs to get solved and a solution how the problem gets solved What do you think is the main problem in this story How does the problem get solved For fun think about how the story would be different if you changed the solution at the end Making Connections What Would You Wish For In the story whatever Olivia wishes for while blowing out her birthday candles comes true If you could only make one wish that you knew for sure would come true what would you wish for Would you wish for something for your family or something for yourself Write down your wish Finally predict how the members of your family would react when they heard your wish 3
