Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland and The Stray Dog by Marc Simot

Widget was a homeless stray dog.  All he wanted was a warm, loving home where he would have enought to eat.  But what's a stray dog to do when he tries to find a home in a house full of CATS? Will "the girls" ever accept him?  The Stray Dog was lost at a park and wanted to follow a family home.  

Activities in Widget include:

• Crossword Puzzle
• Readers Theater: Pets
• Widget's Song to the tune of Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?
• Comprehension Check-up, Multiple Choice
• Words for Feelings
• Compare Dogs and Cats, Venn Diagram
• Making a Play from the Book
• Pets Count, Math
• Comparing Stray Dogs, Widget and The Stray Dog
• Prewriting:  My Strange Pet Story
• Answers

Activities in The Stray Dog include:

• The Muzzle Puzzle (crossword puzzle)
• Multiple Choice Comprehension Check-up
• Pamper Your Puppy Math
• Prewriting and Writing of a New Dog Story
• A Readers Theater Script