Reading Rocks!

Pete the Cat
Written by:Eric Litwin
Illustrated by: James Dean

This book is a wonderful read aloud children's book for children ages five to seven. This book contains a song which allows children to retain the given information which they are being read. The simplicity as well as the repetition allows for ease while reading to small children due to the fact that the same words are being stated over and over again. Focus should be given to the pattern of the song. For instance, the person reading should emphasize the colors as well as the repetitive nature of the book.

Questions:
1. What is the writer doing when he says the same words and phrases over and over again?
- a pattern
2. Where do you think pete the cat is using clues from the story?
- a farm

Activity:
Coloring by number
Step 1. Draw out the shoe onto a peice of paper
Step 2: draw sections into the shoe labeled by number of the colors pete's shoes turned
Step 3: use a copy machine to copy the drawing
Step 4: distribute to children