Suzanne Hardin

This book is an easier read because the pictures can give a lot of information about what is going on. This would make it a little better for our ELL students. The book talks about two dogs that go to a beach where dogs aren't allowed then they get ice cream.

Genre: Fantasy
Age: Beginner
Review/Critique: A short book about two dogs that sneak into school with some kids and do kids stuff. It is fantasy because dogs can't sneak into schools and do people stuff.

This book is about two dogs who go on the beach where there are no dogs allowed. It is a short book that is easy for new readers.

Max and Toby, the two dogs in Dogs at School and No Dogs
Allowed, go to a ball game.
■ Fiction fantasy recount
■ Third person
■ Past tense
■ Specialized vocabulary
■ Environmental print, sign: BALL GAME TODAY
■ Assumes knowledge of baseball
■ Link with No Dogs Allowed and Dogs at School with same
characters and at this level
■ Diagram of baseball field on inside back cover
■ Working for accuracy and fluency
■ Understanding how punctuation aids fluency and expression
■ Identifying show more letter patterns and show less