Interactive Read Aloud

Page 2-5: Ask students to compare what babies like to do to what Marcel likes to do. Ask the students, Are most babies like Marcel?
Page 6-9: Ask students how Marcel is different. How do Marcel’s parents feel when he is born? Ask the students how could they be happy and sad at the same time.
Page 10-11: What does the author mean when they say that Marcel’s parents will bury the strange words at the bottom of the garden?
Page 12-23: Ask students to look at the illustrations and describe what Marcel likes to do. Ask them if Marcel seems different.
Page 24-29: Ask students to look at the illustrations. Do they think Marcel has friends? What do his friends think about him?
Page 30-end of book: Ask students to look at the illustrations. Ask them what they think is happening in the pictures. Who is Esther? How is Esther like Marcel? What does Esther share with Marcel’s parents about what school might be like for Marcel?