The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
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By Judy Parley
When a grouchy ladybug refuses to share a feast of aphids with a friendly ladybug, a dispute occurs. The Grouchy Ladybug flies off and every hour finds a host of incrementally larger animals, with whom it tries to start a fight. Eventually the ladybug challenges a whale and with the help of the whale's tail, ends up back at the starting spot ready to share with the friendly ladybug.
Possible strategy instruction:
- C: Predict what will happen; use text to confirm.
- C: Summarize text; include sequence of main events.
- A: Cross-checking. Do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?
- A: Use beginning and ending sounds.
- F: Read text as the author would say it, conveying meaning or feeling.
- F: Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody.
- E: Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams.
- E: Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools.
- E: Ask someone to define the word for you.