Martha Gets an Unexpected Visitor
From Martha Speaks · 2008
2 minK1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
An unexpected visitor turns up at Helen and Martha's door. A short, easy-to-follow story with a surprise -- good practice for predicting what might happen next.
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Discussion questions
A surprise visitor arrives at the door.
- Who is the surprise visitor?
- How do Helen and Martha react?
- What do you predict will happen next?
- Who is someone you'd love to have surprise-visit you?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: unexpected, visitor, surprise
- Predict the ending before it happens, then check if you were right.
- Draw who you'd want as a surprise visitor.