Wild School

Usborne Very First Reading

by Mairi Mackinnon

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Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Childrens, 1st Grade

Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

Mairi Mackinnon has lived in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and worked as a teacher, translator and tour manager before joining Usborne. Over the years she has written and edited Usborne books in sixteen languages, from Arabic to Welsh. She lives in a house full of teenagers, books and curious musical instruments.

Reviews

[Mairéad · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5 Another fun, rhyming story for developing readers aged 6+ from the usbourne 'very first reading' series. Like the other books in this collection it contains some complex sound patterns that are not easily decodable for younger/beginner readers so adult support will be needed when first reading the story.

[🎲🎧❤️CHanCE💔🎼🎲 · Rating 4 out of 5]

People brought pets to school and they went out of control so the principal made all the children go home

[zhanghao · Rating 4 out of 5]

The school is full of small animals

[Kaley Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great transitional book. While there is not much plot, the story moves along and involves things students could relate to. This book shows different animals that are found at the school that the students try and pet.

Purpose in the classroom:
Read aloud: There is a lot of dialogue in the book. Every few pages has a speech bubble from one of the characters. Students could take turns reading each speech bubble to get the student really involved in the reading. This would best be used in reading to help the students understand dialogue and learn the new vocabulary. This book would be best for late kindergarten, early first grade, depending on how well the student could read. It would be great for students who like animals.

Literary elements: This book did a great job with rhyming. Anytime words were not in speech bubbles, the lines would rhyme. This would help students practice flow and fluency. The lines that do not rhyme have a good flow, so students would be able to easily read along fluently. Students could also classify the rhyme if ever taught how to do so.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

C is working his way through the Usborne very and first readers.