CHALLENGING WORDS
everythingupstairs
downstairs
bounced
snuggling
wrestling
nuzzled
wondered
favorite
around
SUMMARY
Harry was a lonely only dog. He is sad because he had no one to play with. That is until a friend comes to stay for a few days. Harry really enjoyed having someone to play with until his friend started getting all the attenetion and eating all of his food. When his friend went home, Harry was glad to be by himself again!--- Conversation Questions---
(1) /Name the main character of the story today.
(Answer) / Harry.(Follow Up) / Tell what type of animal Harry is.
(2) / Name the people who owned Harry.
(Answer) / Greg and Gwen.
(Follow Up) / Tell if there was anyone else that lived in the house.
(3) / Tell the first thing that happened that made Harry feel like a lonely only puppy.
(Answer) / They were walking in front of a pet shop window and saw some puppies playing.
(Follow Up) / Look on that page and count how many puppies were in the window.
(4) / Estimate how old the puppies are in the pet shop.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me, have you ever bought a puppy from a pet shop?
(5) / Tell where Greg and Gwen took Harry.
(Answer) / To the vet.
(Follow Up) / Tell what a vet does.
(6) / Recall the name of the dog that came to stay with Harry and play with him.
(Answer) / Arthur.
(Follow Up) / Did Harry enjoy having Arthur?
(7) / Can you guess what Harry was feeling about having Arthur playing with his toys, eating his food, and getting all the attention from Greg and Gwen?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Do you remember ever being jealous over a friend or brother or sister?
(8) / Remember a dog that you own or have owned. Tell something that he did that was similar to what Harry did in the story.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell some other pets that you have owned.
(9) / Tell what Harry did when he started getting jealous of Arthur.
(Answer) / He growled and showed his teeth.
(Follow Up) / Recall what Greg did to him.
(10) / Tell me what the word “ scolded” means.
(Answer) / To accuse or reprimand harshly.
(Follow Up) / Have your parents ever scolded you for something you did?
Activities
1. / Draw a picture if Harry playing with his toys and label it.
2. / Make a list of things that Harry did with Gwen and Greg.
3. / Make a list of the things that you need when you have a dog. Then make a list of things that you have to do to take care of a dog
4. / Pretend you are Harry. Write a letter to Arthur telling him how nice it was of him to come and play with you.
Introductions
1. / Have the picture from the front of the book copied, colored, and laminated on the table. Ask the children what might be wrong with the dog. This dog is in our story today. Let’s read and find out what is wrong with him.
2. / Have a stuffed dog on the table. Ask the children how the dog might feel if it didn’t have another dog to play with. How would they feel if they didn’t have another friend to play with? Let’s find out how Harry in our story feels about being alone.
3. / Have the letters F-R-E-I-N-D written on cards. Scrambled them up and lay them out on the table. Ask the children to unscramble the letters to find out what the word is. Ask them to define the word “friend”. How would you feel if you didn’t have any friends at all? Let’s read our story to find out how Harry feels about it and see what he does when he finally gets a friend to play with.
Book: The Lonely Only Dog
Author: Adele M. Brodkin / Illustrator: Larry Di FioriISBN: 0-590-52280-9 / # of Text Pages: 24 AR: 2.4 LEX: AD160
Building Oral Vocabulary
9 / snoozing / 14 / Tug-of-war / 28 / greeted
Prediction Questions
12 / Do you think they will get another dog for Harry to play with?
16 / Do you think Harry is sick?
22 / Can you guess why his food and water bowls are empty?