Author: Wong Herbert Yee

Illustrater: Laura Ovresat

Author writes the stories.

Story Summary:  Making new friends.

Illustrated draws the pictures.

Genre -

Look for:• Dialogue, or the words

characters say to each other.

• Lots of action.

PlayA play is a story that is written to be acted out.

City •city - big town

city

•This is the City Hall in the city of Savannah.

Sometimessometimes -

every now and

then

sometimes

Sometimes we can see plants eating bugs.

Take

•take - to go by way of

take

The birds can not take a bath today.

House house - a kind of building

house

This chameleon lives in a house of glass.

There

• there - in that place

there

There are two birds in the lake.

Match the words to its meaning.

A. big townB. a kind of

buildingC. every now

and thenD. to go by way

ofE. in that place

1. sometimes___

2. there ___

3. house ____

4. city _____

5. take ___

A

B

C

D

E

• Say the words.

• Read the sentence.

• Fill in the blank.

__________ policemen ride horses in the

city.

•City

•House

•Sometimes

•Take

•There

The girls __________ turns holding the baby chicks.

• there

• sometimes

• house

• city

• take

_________ are fun things to do at the science museum.

• House

• City

• Take

• There

• Sometimes

This is sometimes called Savannah’s ghost ___________.

• sometimes

• city

• house

• there

• take

This is the _______ of Savannah.

• take

• there

•city

•sometimes

•house

Say the Sight Words

• city

• house

• sometimes

• may

• old

• once

• open

• over

• put

• round

New words in the story: Did You See Chip?

• miss• farm• walk• park• wish• friends• hard• cheer• Yip-yip

• catch• could• bark• our• think• cart• swings• smart• thanks

Characters in the Play

Anne Miller

SitesYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them.

Reading Skills

Test Tutor

How to Love Your Dog

Build a Beast Web Game

American Kennel Club - Dog Breeds