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Out the Door

To be honest, I’m not particularly a fan of the Rookie Ready to Learn series in general:  I find the activities in the back of each are often formulaic and only tenuously related to the story; each one ends by telling you someone’s version of what you just learned by reading this story (besides being patronizing, they often don’t hit the mark).  But if you do like this kind of thing, or you’re willing to ignore the extra features that don’t enhance them, the central stories are often good little stories, with redeeming qualities of their own.  This one uses simple, repetitive text in the form of prepositional phrases,   accompanied by illustrations that not only support the text, but expand upon it, completing the story.  Together text and illustrations describe the day of a rather forgetful and clumsy girl, from the time she leaves the house for school until she returns.  It’s a good tool for developing prepositional vocabulary, and teaching students to observe both illustrations and text to make meaning.