Pocket Rockets Phase 4 book 4

Boss of the Tent

It is dusk and Miss Fusspot is camping in the forest.

I am boss of the tent!

1

“Roast me six chestnuts!”

“Give me the BIGGEST sandwich!”

“You burnt my toast!”

“I will not help!”

2

Tess gets cross.

Stop sulking.

Go to bed and rest!

NO! The tent is damp and my bunk bed is NOT soft!

3

All of a sudden the thunder booms.

BOOM!

An owl hoots and a fox yelps.

4

Miss Fusspot jumps up in fright,

5

bolts into her damp tent…

…and rests on her not so soft bed.

Thank goodness!

6

Do not feel you need to ask every question. Use them only as a guide when chatting with your child about the story.

Main Idea

Themes

Miss Fusspot is being very bossy at camp and refuses to go to bed.

When camping it’s important to work together and make do with what you have.

Tricky words/Punctuation

Questions

so

Where are Miss Fusspot, Tess, and her brother camping?

Who does Miss Fusspot think she is?

What does Tess tell Miss Fusspot to do?

What does Miss Fusspot think of her bed?

Why does she run off to bed in the end?

Would you go camping with Miss Fusspot? Why or why not?

New Words:

7

burnt

thunder

camping

thank

biggest

roast

soft

sulk

tent