How can we look at animals in a different way?

What are the key features of realistic fiction? Today we will read a story about a girl who only likes to eat certain kinds of food in “Bread and Jam for Frances,” by Russell Hoban.

Listen to “Bread and Jam for Frances” to see how looking at things differently can create changes.

Team Talk

• What questions can you ask to find out how Frances changes when she looks at things differently?

Frances’s father likes to eat breakfast because he is fond of eggs .

When you are fond of something, you really like it .

I like summer because I am fond of warm days.

I am fond of cats, but I also like dogs.

Name things you are fond of. Explain why you are fond of it.

fond

proper

Proper means correct.

Carpenters need proper tools to repair the house.

You need to check to make sure you give the proper answer on the test.

If you do not wear the proper clothing outside, you will get cold.

Name a word that means the opposite of proper.

Name a word that means about the same as proper.

prop-er

scarcely

Scarcely means “barely”.

If your friends talk too softly, you will scarcely hear them.

If a sign is far away, you will scarcely see it.

If you have a bad cold, you will scarcely taste your food.

Suppose you are going to see a movie and you scarcely get to the theater on time. Will you have to wait for a long or a short time or the movie to begin? Why?

scarcely

How can we look at things in a different way?

fWhat happened ?. A Better Idea.

The fish lookedmiserable.

We

Set the fish free.

First Idea.

One child does not have as many crayons to use.

They can share.

Take most of the crayons.

Catch a fishFor a pet.

Frances only likes bread and jam.

France’s mother only gives her bread and jam.

Frances decides to eat different food.

town• You studied words like this

last week. • What do you know about the

sound you hear when you read a word with ow?

• Try each sound in this word in your head. What is the word?

jungle

• You also studied words like these.

• You know how to divide it into syllables. What is the first syllable? What is the second syllable?

• What is the word?

(Teacher Station) (Word Study Station) (Fluency Station)

Alisa-A Braylin-A

Noah -A Darron-B Tessa-B

Leslie-B Kyra-A Amir-A

Jayden-A Joshua-B Sa’Dayia-B

Haydn-B Evelyn-A Haylee-A

Heaven-C Jeremiah-B Zachary-B

Word Study Spelling WordsPartner A: Draw a card from the stack. Say the wordPartner B: Spell the word. Check your spelling using the Partner A’s card.. Partner B should make a sentence using the word.Switch RolesIf you finish before I call time, reread “Cans”

Get Fluent (Fluency Station) READ “Fishing With Tad”Before reading, practice reading the “Build A Word” cards.With your partners read the book. Partner “A” reads the left side of the page

and Partner “B” reads the right side of the page. When Partner “A” reads,

Partner “B” must Cover, Remember, Retell. When Partner “B”

reads, Partner “A” must Cover, Remember, Retell. gina.dyer@hsv-k12.org