Weekly Book Series: Zoo

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

From the publisher:

Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it's time they returned the favor.

Frequent speech sounds in the book include:

• final /s/ (e.g., Amos)

• initial /z/ (e.g., zoo)

Key language concepts in the book include:

• Sequencing: order of animals that Amos sees and plays with

• Vocabulary: early riser, clang, uniform, amble, reply, elephant, tortoise, shy, penguin, rhino, owl, limbered, perch, concern

• Grammar: adjectives

• Predicting: make some guesses - What do you think each animal will do with Amos?

• Inferencing: make some guesses - Why did Amos do each specific thing with each specific animal?

• Character Analysis: Amos visits his friends everyday and chooses things to do with them that are individualized to them, so his friends repay the favor when he is sick.

• Social/Emotional: Amos and the animals show that they are there for one another.

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