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Coco Can’t Wait

CHALLENGING WORDS

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SUMMARY

Coco and her grandmother set out from their houses to visit, but keep missing each other along the way. --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Recall the title of this book. (Answer) Coco Can’t Wait. (Follow Up) Tell what she could not wait for.

(2) Imagine that you are Coco. How would you have felt if you went to your grandmother’s house and she was not there? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Describe how Grandma felt when Coco was not home.

(3) Guess why Coco could not wait to see her grandma. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Name the person you miss most.

(4) List some things that you like to do with your Grandmother. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) How do you get to your grandparents home?

(5) Define “roof”. (Answer) The top of a building. (Follow Up) Name the color of the roof of your house.

(6) Name the color of Coco’s roof. (Answer) Purple. (Follow Up) Name the color of her grandmother’s roof.

(7) Name the fruit that her grandma put in the basket. (Answer) Apples. (Follow Up) Name your favorite fruit.

(8) List the things Coco rode to find her grandmother. (Answer) Bus, truck and scooter. (Follow Up) Name the animal that was in the back of the truck.

(9) List the things that her grandma rode to find Coco. (Answer) Train, taxi and motorcycle. (Follow Up) Which one would you like to ride in?

(10) Name the place they decided to meet the next time. (Answer) In the middle, under the tree. (Follow Up) There was an animal in the tree. What was it? Activities

1. Draw and label a map to your grandmother’s house.

2. List the sources of transportation that Coco and grandma used. Draw one.

3. Write 3-5 sentences about a better way that grandma and Coco could get together without missing each other.

4. Pretend you are Coco. Write a letter to Grandma telling her how much you miss her and why.

Introductions

1. Show the students a toy car, plane, bike or truck. Talk about the differences in them and ask them which one they would use to visit someone. Let’s read our book and see how Coco gets to her grandmother.

2. Show the students a basket of apples. Talk about a special time that they spent with a grandparent. Let’s read this story and find out how Coco and her grandmother spend their time together.

3. Show the students a map. Ask them where their grandparents live. Ask them who in their life do they miss a lot. Tell them that we will read about a girl who goes to visit her grandma. Will she ever find her?

Book Title: Coco Can’t Wait Author: Taro Gami Illustrator: Taro Gami ISBN: 0-68-802-789X # of Text Pages: 15 AR: N/A LEX: AD400 Building Oral Vocabulary 4 roof 3 mountain 23 minute Prediction Questions 4 What will Coco do to see her Grandmother? 8 Do you think they will see each other? 20 What will they do next? This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.