Day 1

Day 1

Characters and Setting

• Open your books to page 52!

• As I begin to read a story, I think about who the author is telling about. This is probably the main character. Then when I read on , I think about what the character says and does, and I look for other characters. I also think about the setting of the story.

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• Lets read page 53. Draw this graph and fill it out.

Characters Setting

Story Events


Stan wanted to do everything his older brother, Bill, did. Bill was playing catch on the playground with his friend Mike. They were throwing a football.

“May I play?” Stan asked. “Sure, if you can catch it,” Bill said.He threw the ball high in the air. Stan ran and held

his hands together. The ball landed right in his hands!

“Nice catch,” Bill said. “You can join us.”


Fill in your graphic organizer!

Who are the characters? What is the setting?

What are the story events?

Practice Book – Page 10

Check your answers…

Listening Comprehension

Anthology Book

Lesson 2 day 2

Day 2

• Genre: Realistic Fiction

• Realistic Fiction is a story that can happen in real life (characters have feelings that real people have)

• Let’s beginning reading. We will stop periodically as we fill in our tri-fold. Remember graphic organizers help keep our minds organized as we read.

The Day Eddie Met the Author• Let’s fill in the graphic organizer as a

class.

The Day Eddie Met the Author• What is happening on October 10?

• Why do you think the whole school has been waiting?

• How do you think Eddie feels about the author’s visit?

• Does Eddie like the books the author wrote? How can you tell?

• Where is Eddie? How do you know?

• Why does Eddie write the note?

• What is the biggest problem in the story?

Check Comprehension

• Who are the main characters?

• What was the setting?

Day 3

The Day Eddie Met the Author

Finish Tri-Fold

Story Element Flipbook

The Day Eddie Meet the Author

Characters

Setting

Problem

Solution

Conclusion

Author’s Message

Alphabetical OrderWhich word comes first in Alphabetical Order?

1. bucket

2. brush

3. bass

4. block

Which word comes first in Alphabetical Order?

1. cool

2. conquer

3. coincidence

4. catch

Which group of words is in alphabetical order?A. silent, still, smiling, straightB. silent, smiling, still, straightC. smiling, straight, silent, stillD. still, smiling, silent, straight

Which group of words is in alphabetical order?1.branch, bass, bush, berry2.bush, bass, branch, berry3.bass, berry, branch, bush4.bass, berry, bush, branch

Where does the word meat belong?

mall mist movie mull

A. Before mall

B. Between mall and mist

C. Between mist and movie

D. After mull

Where does the word smell belong?

save shop short sweet

1. Before save

2. Between save and short

3. Between short and sweet

4. After sweet

Day 4

• ARMT Practice (RISC) The Science Project

• Doggie (Beginning, Middle, and End)

• Alphabetical Order

Flap Book in Reading BookEddie Met the Author

Finding Words

In a dictionary

Words in a dictionary are in

ABC order

To find words fast, we use

Guide Words

Guide Words

• Guide words are the two words at the top of each dictionary page.

• Guide words help you find words in the dictionary

Guide words are

The first and last word on the page.

girl - globe

First word Last word

*Remember, words in a dictionary are in ABC order.

girl – globekiss - kittenknee – knockpretty – printsail - sand

•kite•glass•prince•salt•knife

Copy these guide words on your white board. Then write the words that would be found on the same page beside the guide words.

Choose the word that you would find on the

same page as the following guide words.

ketchup - kick

•kettle

•know

•kangaroo

KETTLE

to - toe

• told

•tire

• toad

TOAD

crawl - crocodile

•crib

•car

•cry

CRIB

crawl - crocodile

crib, car, cryPut these words in ABC order—remember to use the

guide words as well.

car, crawl, crib, crocodile, cry

spoon - spring

•spun

•stack

•spot

SPOT

button - by

•butter

•buy

•bus

BUY

Haymow-Headrest1. hawk--

2. hazel--

3. heavy--

4. heal--

5. headache--

6. have--

BeforeOnAfter

AfterOn

Before

Haymow-Headrest7. head--

8. hay--

9. health--

10. hatch--

On

Before

After

Before

Day 5• ARMT Practice

• Test

Documents

Day 1