Fantasy

Cat and
Dog

by Jacqui Briggs
illustrated by Chris Vallo
PAIRED
Poetry
READ
 STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension Vocabulary
Strategy: Visualize actions, afraid, depend,
Skill: Key Details nervously, peered,
perfectly, rescue, secret
Phonics
Short a; short i

Vocabulary Strategy
Inflectional Endings Word count: 269

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 Genre Fantasy

Essential Question
How do friends depend on
each other?

by Jacqui Briggs
illustrated by Chris Vallo

PAIRED
WorkingUncle
Poetry: Together
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READ
Cass loved her home. She
played with Ricky.

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She slept in the yard. She
did what she wanted.

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Dibs ran across the yard.
A new home! He looked
around.

4
“Look! A big yard!” Dibs
barked. He ran. He played.
His actions were happy.

5
“Hi,” said Kathy. “This is
my dog, Dibs.”

“Hi,” said Ricky nervously.

Would he need to rescue
Dibs from Cass? She hated
dogs.

6
“Kathy, do you like
swings?” asked Ricky.
“I do!”

“Let’s swing!” said Kathy.

7
“Let’s play, Cat!” barked
Dibs.

Cass peered at Dibs. “My

name is Cass. I don’t like
dogs,” she meowed.

8
“I know a game. I can
show you,” barked Dibs.

“I don’t play with dogs,”

hissed Cass.

Dibs wagged his tail.

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 Dibs hit the ball. Cass hit
it back. She didn’t like
dogs. But she forgot.

“You hit it perfectly,”

barked Dibs. “You’re good
at this game.”

They were playing

together!

10
“Yay! I like this ball
game,” meowed Cass.

“I’m afraid I’m getting

tired,” barked Dibs.

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 “I know a secret. I will
show you,” meowed Cass.

Dibs followed Cass under

a bush. It was cool and
dark. Dibs stretched out.

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“What now?” Dibs barked.

“We nap,” purred Cass.

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 “Our pets made friends,”
said Ricky.

“I’m glad,” said Kathy.

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“Can we be friends too?”
asked Ricky.

“Yes. You can depend on

me,” said Kathy.
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 Summarize
Use the chart Detail Detail Detail

to summarize
Cat and Dog.

Text Evidence
1. Is Cat and Dog fiction or
nonfiction? Genre
2. What does Cass like to play?
Key Details

3. Read page 10. Which word has

the ending -ing? Inflectional Endings
4. Write about how Cass and
Dibs met. Write About Reading

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 Genre Poetry

Compare Texts
Read about a squirrel and his uncle
who depend on each other.

Uncle Max
and I

When I was a baby,

my Uncle Max
Illustration: Katia Wish

played with me
and gave me snacks.
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 As I got older,
he taught me the facts:
Where to find acorns,
and how to read tracks.

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 Now he is old.
Together we relax.
There’s no better pal
than my Uncle Max.

Make Connections
How do the squirrels depend on
each other? Essential Question
Illustration: Katia Wish

How are they like the neighbors

in Cat and Dog? Text to Text

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 Fantasy A fantasy story is a
story that could not happen in
real life. The characters in the
story may seem real. But they
have special powers.

What to Look for The animals

in Cat and Dog can talk. Real
animals cannot talk.

Your Turn
Create your own fantasy
characters. What special
powers do they have? Draw
a picture of your characters
trying out their special powers.

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 Literature Circles

Fiction

Setting
Where does Cat and Dog take place?

Characters
Who are the main characters in Cat
and Dog?

Sequence of Events
What happens in Cat and Dog?
What happens at the beginning,
middle, and end?

Make Connections
How are you like the little squirrel in
Uncle Max and I?