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Max Takes The Train

Mrs. WhitingerMiller Perry Elementary

How many forms

of transportation

can you name?

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is it monday

Daily Fix-It

Is it Monday?

Realism and Fantasy• Some stories tell about things that

could happen in real life.Some stories are make-believe.

• Stories about real life are called realistic stories.

• Stories about make-believe are called fantasies

Realism and Fantasy• Tell me about the bunnies' day. Do

bunnies really have clocks?

• Do bunnies do artwork or play hide-and-seek?

• Could this story really happen or is it make-believe?

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j a m

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j o b

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j e t

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j o t

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J i ll

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J o n

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J a ck

High Frequency Words

yellow

green

blue

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hen pet bed blue

pen Peg fed yellow

Handwriting

Questions• A sentence that asks something is a

question.

• We always end a question with a question mark.

How did you get to school today?

Practicing QuestionsWhat did you do today?

When did you eat lunch?

I ran to school.

What time is it?

I must leave.

Which sentences ask a question? What type of punctuation mark do you need at the end of a question?

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Let’s Read

Let’s Write Questions

Revise and editI am going to check my work. Did I write the correct punctuation mark? Did my sentence ask a question? Did I begin with an uppercase letter? Did I use my best handwriting?

What forms of transportation can be yellow, blue, or green?

Daily Fix-It

is It. wet

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Is it wet?

Shared ReadingPages 2–3What was it that Max wanted from Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream?

Max really wanted a chocolate ice cream Whamburger. Why did Ruby say "no"?

What is your favorite food?

Shared ReadingPages 4–5What did Max put on to get ready for the trip?

Max put his Junior Citizen Transport Pass around his neck so that he could take different types of transportation. What form of transportation did he and Uncle Bunny take first?

Pages 6–7Where did Max and Uncle Bunny get off the bus?

The bus went into the city center. Did it take Max and Uncle Bunny to Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream?

Shared ReadingPages 8–9What is the Blue Comet?

Max and Uncle Bunny boarded a train called the Blue Comet. Have you ever ridden on a train? Tell us about it.

Pages 10–11What did Max and Uncle Bunny ride after they got off the train

Next, Max and Uncle Bunny rode a ferryboat. Where did the ferryboat take them?

Shared ReadingPages 12–13What form of transportation did Max and Uncle Bunny take next?

When Max and Uncle Bunny were on the plane, what did they do so they would be safe?

Pages 14–15What was Max thinking about when he was on the plane?

Max was thinking about Whamburgers.

Did the plane land at Zeke's?

Shared ReadingPages 16–17Where does the subway travel?

The subway is like a train that travels underground.

What picture did Max and Uncle Bunny see in the subway station?

Pages 18–19What was at the top of the steps?

Max and Uncle Bunny finally arrived at Zeke's. What did they order?

Shared ReadingPages 20–21Where did Max find his telephone number?

Max knew his phone number was on the back of his Junior Citizen Transport Pass.

Do you know your own phone number?

Pages 22–23How did Ruby get to Zeke's?

Ruby rode a bicycle that can fit more than one person. How many people can fit on Ruby's bicycle?

Page 24What do you call the type of bicycle that Max, Ruby, and Uncle Bunny are riding?

Max, Ruby, and Uncle Bunny rode home on the bicycle built for two and the sidecar. Have you ever seen a bicycle built for two?

Realism and FantasyThis story was about Max and Uncle Bunny's trip to get ice cream.

Is Max's family real or make-believe? How can you tell?

How is the trip to Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream different from the trip back home?

What other parts of the story show you it is make-believe?

Find w on a keyboard

Jill Jones Was a JugglerJill Jones was a juggler.We’ll say she was the best.She jumped on a jet.She wanted to go west.Will Jones went with her.He juggled jelly jars.So the jolly jugglers journeyedWay west under the stars!

To the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

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will

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web

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wig

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win

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Jen

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and

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jet

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big

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job

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can

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you

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yellow

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am

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blue

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four

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green

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three

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five

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have

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two

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like

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Let’s Read

Let’s Write!Many things in the story are make-believe.

Rabbits don't talk and ride on buses.

Can you think of other things from the story that are make-believe?

For my sentence I'm going to write:

Where can you walk through a

jetway?

Daily Fix-It

I like to go in A car?

Daily Fix-It

I like to go in a car.

PlotStories have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and what happens during each of those parts of the story is called the plot.

At the beginning of the story, what did Max decide?

(He wanted to go to Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream to get a Whamburger.)

Uncle Bunny said they could go. What happened next in the story? (Max and Uncle Bunny took a bus, train, ferryboat, plane, and subway to get to Zeke's.)

What happened at the end of the story?

(Max and Uncle Bunny couldn't finish their Whamburgers, so they shared them with Ruby and Grandma.)

Realism and FantasyMax Takes the Train has characters who do things that real animals cannot do. This is a make-believe story.

How do bunny rabbits really travel?

What kinds of clothes do real rabbits wear?

What do bunny rabbits really eat?

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j e m

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c a n

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h a t

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w i n

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sp o t

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w i ll

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pl o t

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yellow

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blue

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well wet went web

jog jet jump jam

Let’s Read

Let’s Write!Write about a way you like to travel.

How does your family travel

when they go to the store?

Daily Fix-It

Is max on the bus

Daily Fix-It

Is Max on the bus?

Practice /w/

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yellow

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blue

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green

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like

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go

Let’s Read

How many forms of

transportationcan you name?

Daily Fix-It

did you eat dinner

Daily Fix-It

Did you eat dinner?

Question or Statement1. Did Max get to Zeke's

2. Did Ruby pick up Max

3. I liked the story

4. What is a jetway

5. Max took a train ride

6. I've been on a subway

7. Have you been on a ferryboat

8. The tunnel was dark

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Leveled Readers (pdf): •Green Reader•Yellow Reader•Blue Reader•Decodable Reader

Websites:

• Max and Ruby gameshttp://www.nickjr.com/playtime/shows/max_ruby/index.jhtml

• Barney Transportation Gamehttp://pbskids.org/barney/children/games/transportgame_2.html

• Arthur Alphabet Truck Gamehttp://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/truckgame/

• Transportation Through Time video and gamehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/history/show.shtml

• Starfall- letter Ww        http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-w/load.htm?f

• Cookie Monster- letter Ww        http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/w.html

• Transportation activitieshttp://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/index.html