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Use Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Do You Want To Be My Friend? is the story of a little mouse who is looking for a friend. He approaches a horse, a lion, a hippo, and more all while walking beside a mysterious, thick, green line. With very limited text, students will depend on the colorful illustrations to develop comprehension strategy skills. Perfect for students just beginning to make inferences and predictions, and retell and summarize.
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Making Inferences with Do You Want To Be My Friend?

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Making inferences about the character's feelings and story events is easy with Do You Want To Be My Friend? Beginning readers will learn to study the bright illustrations to infer character emotions and discover which animal will appear next.
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Making Predictions with Do You Want To Be My Friend?

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Making Predictions with Do You Want To Be My Friend?

Use this Do You Want To Be My Friend? mini lesson to teach making predictions to your beginning readers. They will begin to understand how to rely on the picture clues to anticipate the next animal the little mouse will ask to be his friend.
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  • K.1CK.7BK.1DK.7CK.5AK.8CK.5CK.9BK.5EK.9CK.5IK.9EK.6BK.12DK.6CK.12EK.6DK.6EK.1AK.6F
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Retelling & Summarizing with Do You Want To Be My Friend?

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Early readers will find success retelling and summarizing with Do You Want To Be My Friend? The text has few words making this simple story ideal for easy identification and recall of key events.
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Writing with Do You Want To Be My Friend?

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The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Making Inferences with Do You Want To Be My Friend? (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Do You Want To Be My Friend? (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Do You Want To Be My Friend? (Spanish)

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Writing with Do You Want To Be My Friend? (Spanish)

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Title: Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Author: Eric Carle
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Friendship
ISBN: 9780064431279
Publisher's Summary:
This is a simple and nearly wordless picture book for children to explore in a variety of ways. Shared with little ones, the bright pictures showing a small gray mouse's search for the perfect pal help introduce colors, animals, and sounds. Many preschoolers will also be drawn to the idea of looking for a friend.
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