Homeschool Friday - Biscuit Meets the Class Pet

Homeschool Friday is a feature here at Somewhere Only We Know that showcases books my family reads during homeschool and provides a mini-review for each.

Biscuit Meets the Class Pet

By: Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Illustrated By: Pat Schories

Publication: December 22, 2009 by HarperCollins

32 pages

Genre: Children's, Picture Books, My First Reader, Level-1 Reader

Source: Personal Library

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Goodreads description--For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure! Hop, hop! There's someone new at Biscuit's house--Nibbles, the class pet, has come for a visit. Nibbles likes exploring Biscuit's home and wants to play with all of Biscuit's toys. Biscuit isn't sure if he is ready to share with Nibbles, but soon Biscuit realizes that he likes having a visitor after all! Biscuit Meets the Class Pet , a My First I Can Read book, is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers.

I feel like I'm running out of things to say for these level 1 readers. Biscuit Meets the Class Pet carries on with the character, Biscuit, which is a dog. In this story, the little girl gets to bring her class pet, a bunny named Nibbles, home for a visit. As Nibbles explores Biscuit's home, he finds all of Biscuit's belongings. Eventually, Nibbles goes missing and Biscuit must find him. It kind of amazes me how much story can come from a 32 page book with level 1 words.

Biscuit Meets the Class Pet doesn't rhyme, which is fine by me. It does use repetitive words and phrases to build fluency. There was a section of 6 pages where the same 2 words were used in various combinations. This was a little too much repetition for me, but my son didn't seem to mind.

Biscuit Meets the Class Pet uses repetitive words to build vocabulary fluency and mastery. This was a sweet, short story that any animal loving level-1 reader will enjoy. Biscuit Meets the Class Pet gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read Biscuit Meets the Class Pet? What did you think? Let me know!