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
Before Reading High-Frequency Words Practice reading these high-frequency words in the story but her someone your Meet the Characters Get to know the characters from the story by looking at the pictures and names below Thomas Thomas’s mother Teacher Principal 2
Plural Words When you want a word to mean more than one you add an s to the end of the word In this story Thomas talks about his friends which means he has more than one friend Take a look at the words below and add an s at the end to mean more than one gift plant rock chair Out of all of these words which one would you want more than one of Why 3