This story is about a school full of children who are mad about yo-yos. Some teachers won’t let them play, but Mr. Dodd decides to have a yo-yo topic week, with surprising results.

Genre: Modern realistic story with school setting and predictable structure.

Learning Objectives: 

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read more challenging texts which can be decoded using their acquired phonic knowledge and skills, along with automatic recognition of high frequency words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Identify the main events and characters in stories.