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Lesson 04
Little DODO · Phase 1

Color Words Describe Pete's Shoes

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes · pp. 5-37 (heavy) · Format B · Disposition: Observing & Describing · 25 min
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Pages this lesson: 5-37
Grammar · Adjectives
Students identify adjectives that describe nouns, focusing on size, color, and character traits.
Adjectives · Descriptive Words · Noun Modifiers · Size Color Descriptors
Introduce

Vocabulary Exploration· 5 min

Sound focus: color adjectives
Target words
  1. white 5: “| Love My White Shoes”
  2. red 13: “He kept walking along and Singing his Song.”
  3. blue 19: “He kept walking along and Singing his Sony.”
  4. brown 26: “| love MY brown shoes,”
  5. wet 30: “| But now they were WET.”
Pete's shoes change colors in this story. Each time they change, we get a new describing word. Let's learn the color words before we read so we can spot them together.
Exploration steps
  1. Show each color word card beside Pete's shoes on the matching page
  2. Students chorus each color word three times
  3. Point to objects in the room matching each color
Expected responses
  • white
  • red like strawberries
  • brown like mud
Differentiation

Fast finishers hunt two colors in the room; struggling readers point to shoes on each page.

Transition cue

Touch your shoes — Reading Time!

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't skip 'wet' — it's an adjective too, not just colors.

Why this matters: Color words anchor grammar learning because kids see them change Pete's shoes.

Reading in Class· 10 min

Required reading pages: 5-37
Opening move: Point to Pete's white shoes on page 5 and ask what color they are.
Pete walks and his shoes change colors. Every time something happens, the book asks us a question. Let's answer together with big voices — 'Goodness, no!'
Read-aloud steps
  1. Picture-walk pages 5-37, naming each shoe color change
  2. Read aloud once at storytelling pace, pausing on each color word
  3. Read again with students chorusing the refrain 'Goodness, no!'
Call-and-response refrains
  1. Did Pete cry? 13: “Did Pete cry? Goodness, no!”
  2. Did Pete cry? 19: “Did Pete cry? Goodness, nol”
  3. Did Pete cry? 25: “Did Pete cry? Goodness, nol”
Expected responses
  • Goodness, no!
  • He keeps singing!
  • He doesn't cry
Differentiation

Quiet kids chorus with a partner; fast finishers predict the next color before the page turn.

Transition cue

Clap the rhythm — Questions Time!

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't let one loud child drown the chorus — count to three before accepting answers.

Why this matters: Chorus protects kids who can't read color words yet — they join on 'Goodness, no!'

Questions Time· 7 min

Comprehension questions
  1. Which word on this page tells us the color of Pete's shoes? 26: “| love MY brown shoes,”
  2. Find the word that describes Pete's shoes at the end. 30: “| But now they were WET.”
Extension

Say a sentence using a color word to describe something you see.

5: “| Love My White Shoes”

What students produce: Students say one sentence with a color adjective describing a classroom object.

Describing words tell us more about things. Pete's shoes are white, then red, then blue, then brown, then wet. Let's find those describing words on the pages and use them in our own sentences.
Expected responses
  • brown
  • wet
  • I see a red book
Differentiation

Struggling readers point to the word first, then say it; fast finishers use two adjectives in one sentence.

Transition cue

Pat your knees twice — Wrap-Up Time!

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't accept answers without page-pointing — grammar needs the visual anchor.

Why this matters: Pointing to the word on the page prevents kids from guessing without looking.

Conclusion· 3 min

Routine: I Observed · Disposition: Observing & Describing
Student-facing prompts
Recap: I noticed the shoes changed to...
Take-home: Find three things at home and name their colors.
Today we observed how Pete's shoes changed colors. Each color word is a describing word — an adjective. You found them on the pages and used them in your own sentences. Describing words help us see pictures in our minds.
Expected responses
  • red, blue, brown
  • wet at the end
  • white first
Differentiation

Quiet kids whisper to a partner first; fast finishers name two colors they observed outside today.

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't skip the take-home prompt — it extends adjective practice beyond the lesson.

Why this matters: Same frame every day builds ownership of the observing habit.