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Lesson 10
Little DODO · Phase 1

Rhyme and Rhythm in Biscuit's Party

Happy Birthday, Biscuit! · pp. 3-16 (stretch) · Format B · Disposition: Observing & Describing · 25 min
Happy Birthday, Biscuit!
Pages this lesson: 3-16
Fluency · Rhyme
Children build fluency by reading and reciting a humorous rhyming poem about a pig.
Oral Fluency · Rhyme Recognition · Repeated Reading · Rhythm And Meter
Reinforce

Vocabulary Exploration· 5 min

Sound focus: double-o sound (woof, balloon)
Target words
  1. Woof 3: “Woof!”
  2. balloons 9: “Be careful with those balloons.”
  3. puppy 11: “you will of always be my silly little puppy.”
  4. birthday 4: “It's your birthday!”
Biscuit barks 'Woof!' all through this book. Let's listen for that double-o sound together — it's in 'woof' and 'balloon' too. Can you bark like Biscuit?
Exploration steps
  1. Sound the double-o in 'woof' and 'balloon' — stretch it long
  2. Hunt the words on each page; chorus together
  3. Clap the rhythm of 'birthday' — two beats
Expected responses
  • Woof woof
  • I hear the oo sound
  • balloon pops
Differentiation

Quiet kids: bark with a partner; fast finishers: find three more oo words on pages.

Transition cue

Tap nose twice — Reading Time.

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't rush the sound stretch — kids need time to hear the oo.

Why this matters: Double-o appears in Biscuit's bark — kids hear rhythm before reading.

Reading in Class· 10 min

Required reading pages: 3-16
Opening move: Point to Biscuit asleep on page 3 — ask what the little girl might say to wake him.
Biscuit barks on almost every page. When I point to a bark, you bark with me — loud and proud like a puppy!
Read-aloud steps
  1. Picture-walk pages 3-16: birthday surprise, balloon pop, presents unwrapped
  2. Read aloud once at storytelling pace — pause on Biscuit's barks
  3. Read again with students chorusing every 'Woof!' and 'Bow wow!'
Call-and-response refrains
  1. Woof! 3: “Woof!”
  2. Woof, woof! 4: “Woof! Woof!”
  3. Bow wow! 7: “Bow wow!”
Expected responses
  • Woof woof
  • Bow wow
  • barking sounds with hand gestures
Differentiation

Struggling readers: follow your finger on the bark words; fast finishers: count how many barks total.

Transition cue

Paws up — Questions Time.

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't let one loud barker drown the quiet kids — count to three before chorusing.

Why this matters: Chorus refrains build fluency for kids who can't yet read independently.

Questions Time· 7 min

Comprehension questions
  1. Which word on this page has the double-o sound like 'woof'? 9: “Be careful with those balloons.”
  2. Find two words that rhyme on this page. 11: “You may be a year older, but you will of always be my silly little puppy.”
Extension

Make a sentence using 'birthday' and 'balloon'.

9: “Be careful with those balloons.”

What students produce: One sentence with both target words spoken aloud to a partner.

Let's hunt for sounds together. I'll point to a word — you tell me if it has the double-o sound we practiced. Then you'll make your own sentence using two birthday words.
Expected responses
  • balloons has oo
  • older and puppy don't rhyme but silly does
  • My birthday balloon popped
Differentiation

Quiet kids: whisper sentence to navigator first; fast finishers: write sentence on whiteboard.

Transition cue

Clap twice — Conclusion Time.

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't accept first answer without checking — model sound-stretching for uncertain kids.

Why this matters: Picture prompt prevents phonics from blocking kids who can't yet read independently.

Conclusion· 3 min

Routine: My Favorite Sound · Disposition: Observing & Describing
Student-facing prompts
Recap: The sound I heard most was...
Take-home: Tonight, listen for double-o sounds at home.
We heard Biscuit bark 'woof' over and over today. That double-o sound is everywhere — in balloons, in moon, in your room at home. What sound did you hear the most in our book?
Expected responses
  • woof woof
  • the oo sound
  • Biscuit barking
Differentiation

Quiet kids: point to a picture instead of saying the sound; fast finishers: name three oo words.

Anticipated pitfalls

Don't let kids name random sounds — anchor to the double-o pattern we practiced.

Why this matters: Same shape every day so kids own the close.