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To the OH-so-fabulous Gerald K.,who’s great at keeping lots

of balls in the air!

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Olive is an octopus.

She lives in the ocean.

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Olive dreams of becoming a juggler.

She practices around the clock.

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At one o’clock, Olive juggles an onion.

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At two o’clock, Olive juggles an onion

and an old pair of overalls.

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At three o’clock, Olive adds an owl

in an oak tree.

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At four o’clock, Olive adds an orangutan.

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At five o’clock, Olive adds an orange alien

from outer space.

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At six o’clock, Olive adds an entire orchestra.

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At seven o’clock, Olive getsoh so sleepy and...OOOPS!

Down come the onion

and the old pair of overalls

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and the owl in the oak tree and the orangutanand the orange alien from outer space

and even the entire orchestra—

right on Olive’s head!

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OUCH!

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Now, Olive dreams of becoming an organist.

She practices around the clock.

Oh well.

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How many things can you find

that begin with the letter O?

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Oo CheerO is for octopus who lives in the sea

O is for owl, high in a tree

O is for overalls and oars for a boat

O is for ostrich, orange, and oat

Hooray for O, big and small—the most outstanding letter of all!

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Here are some quick and fun ways to use this story to helpchildren build important alphabet recognition skills.

Ask children to find big O and small o at the top of the front cover. Review the long O/o and

short O/o sounds with children. Can they find three words in the title that begin with the letter

O/o? Read the title aloud, emphasizing the O/o sound as appropriate.

Flip the book over and read the story summary on the back cover. Ask children to point out

words they hear or see that begin with O/o. Explain that the story you are about to readincludes many more words that begin with the letter O/o. Can they help you find them?

Read the story aloud once for pleasure and enjoy together the whimsical illustrations. Then

reread the book, emphasizing the initial O/o sound in the appropriate words. Ask children to

listen closely for and identify all the words that start with O/o. Point out these words in the

text, and make a list of them.

Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card. Read each word on the cards

aloud with children. On another reading of the story, children can match the words on the

index cards with the words in the story.

Pages of the book depict a busy scene full of O/o words. Some of these words have

been introduced in the story, but a few are new. Ask children to find as many O/o words as

they can. Add any new words to your list. The O/o words depicted in the scene include:

octopus, organ, ostrich, ox, overalls, oranges, ocean, onions. (Children may come up with

other O/o words on their own!)

Read aloud the cheer on page several times, with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Invite

children to join you in reciting the cheer when they feel ready. Encourage them to find any

new O/o words in the cheer. Again, add these words to your list.

Don’t let your exploration of the letter O/o end with the story! Display your list of words in a

place where children can easily see it. During the rest of the day or week, children can add

new O/o words that they encounter in other books, on signs, on food labels, and so on.

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