Can You Help Me? ~ Building Fluency and Comprehension

Join the characters in Can You Help Me? as they face everyday challenges and find creative ways to solve them. This engaging story helps early readers develop decoding skills while exploring themes of problem-solving, cooperation, and perseverance.

How to Use This Book:

Preview the Cover: Show the title and ask students what they notice. Highlight that the title is a question and discuss why the author might have chosen this.
Explore the Theme: Explain that the story is about characters who face problems and find solutions. Ask students to predict what kinds of challenges they might encounter.
Model Question Intonation: Read some pages aloud, emphasizing how the voice should rise at the end of a question to make it sound natural.
Encourage Discussion: As students read, have them pause to think about how each problem is solved. Ask, “What would you do in this situation?”