Uncle Joe

Hugging Uncle Joe is like hugging a bed! An inquisitive group of children want to know why Uncle Joe is so big. Features of the Book – The contractions – “I’ll”, “don’t”, “that’s”, “can’t”, and “he’s”. – Large blocks of text to encourage sustained reading. – The style of the illustrations. – Frequent examples of book language. – The use of everyday language – “Hey, Uncle”and “You kids can’t tell good muscle.” – The simile “Hugging Uncle Joe is like hugging a bed.” Purpose Uncle Joe can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies: -recognising and reading one-and two-syllable words; -identifying the plot and characters within the story; -comparing the opinions of the author with those of the reader; -developing the skill of writing using direct speech.Learning Media believes that literacy is at the heart of learning. Our carefully levelled print and digital texts for guided, shared and independent reading will support and challenge your students. Backed by thorough research and built on current and effective pedagogy, Learning Media’s literacy learning resources help meet the learning and teaching needs of every student and teacher. Learning Media has been a leading education resource supplier for schools in Australian and New Zealand for over 20 years. We bring high-quality, innovative literacy resources to the education community – resources centred on evidence-based instruction and designed with the knowledge of how teachers teach and students learn.