DrylongsoVirginia Hamilton

Illustrated by: Jerry Pinkney

Realistic Fiction

Instructional Goals

• Reading

PREDICTION – use background knowledge to make predictions throughout the story.

• Writing

LETTERS – write letters to Lindy, describing the weather in Louisiana

beyond

Chunk

Past, on the other side of

The dog was chained up in the yard, so he could never play beyond the fence.

murmured

• Base word + ending

• Whispered

• The mother softly murmured sweet things to her sleeping baby.

stranger

• Chunk

• Someone you don’t know, an unfamilar person

• Many people in town tried to help the stranger feel welcome.

drought

• -ought=/owt/ blend

• A period with no rain

• The drought lasted so long that all of the plants and trees died and people were terribly thirsty.

comfort

• Chunk

• Make someone feel better

• Dad cleaned Billy’s skinned knee and gave him a hug to comfort him.

decade

• Chunk

• A period of 10 years

• Julio is 8 years old, and in a decade he’ll be 18 years old.

trench

• Blend

• A long, narrow ditch

• The soldiers dug a long trench that they could all hid in during the battle.

narrow

• Chunk

• Opposite of wide

• The log was narrow enough to jump over easily.

READING ALOUD

• Read and restate the important ideas.

• Follow the steps on you Prediction Strategy Card to make a prediction if you can.

• Check your partners’ predictions to make sure that they include clues from the story.

Read Silently

• Read and restate the important ideas in your head.

• Stop and think about predictions in your head.

After Reading

• Write a prediction of what might happen in the story.

• Include the clues you used to make the predictions.

TEAMWORK

WITH PARTNERS

PAGES 29-33(use sticky notes to clarify)

SILENTLY

PAGE(S) 34-36

FLUENCY

PAGE 6

OPPOSITE OF WIDE

A LONG, NARROWDITCH

A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS

MAKE SOMEONEFEEL BETTER

COMFORT

NARROW

TRENCH

DECADE

PERIOD OF TIMEWITH NO RAIN

PAST, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF

WHISPERED SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW,UNFAMILIAR PERSON

drought

murmuredstranger

beyond

Dashawn does not _________________ in the classroom, instead he yells out loud for everyone to hear.

MURMUR

Cody and Clint hid in the ____________, because they were playing China Ball War with Kenneth and Alonzo.

trench

Briana and Samantha ran from the

________________ in the mall because they did not know him.

stranger

Hailey’s friends showed her ____________ when she lost her dog.

comfort

Robert and Adam had to jump over the _____________ ditch.

narrow

Because Derron is 9 years old, in one year he will be a __________________.

decade