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Elena’s Wishby Claire Tan

Fountas-Pinnell Level JRealistic FictionSelection SummaryA young girl who doesn’t want to move to a new town makes all kinds of wishes to stay where she is. She makes wishes in a fountain, on a kite, with birthday candles, and with fallen eyelashes. None of her wishes come true. When her family moves, however, she is surprised to fi nd herself in a nice town with a new friend next door.

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Realistic fi ction

Text Structure • Narrative structure with a simple plot• Organized chronologically• Problem presented on fi rst page

Content • Ways to make wishes• Moving to a new town• Making new friends

Themes and Ideas • Some wishes come true in surprising ways.• New places can be just as nice as the places loved and left behind.

Language and Literary Features

• Third-person narrator • Character grows in understanding by end of story• Setting important to plot

Sentence Complexity • A mix of short and longer, more complex sentences• Split dialogue, all assigned

Vocabulary • Terms for settings, some of which may be unfamiliar to English language learners: town, market, playground, pond, fountain, park, swimming pool, fi eld

• Target vocabulary words highlighted in textWords • Multisyllabic words, some of which may not be familiar to English language learners:

different, catalog• Compound words: playground, birthday, eyelashes

Illustrations • Illustrations that are closely linked to the text; one half-page illustration on every pageBook and Print Features • Thirteen pages of text with an illustration on every page

• Labels on illustrations that clarify text© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

answered – replied to a question, p. 4

copy – to do or make something exactly like another thing, p. 5

guessed – formed an idea without knowing all the facts, p. 8

heavily – in a slow, clumsy, or laborious way, p. 8

knot – a lump or knob made by passing one end of a string or rope through a loop and pulling it, p. 7

lonely – feeling sad to be alone, p.4

planning – deciding what you want to do before you actually do it, p. 3

seriously – acting or speaking in a sincere and not joking way, p. 5

Elena’s Wish by Claire Tan

Build BackgroundHelp children think about wishes. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: “What are some wishes that you have made? How did you make your wishes? Read the title and author’s name and talk about the cover illustration. Tell children that this book is realistic fi ction, a story that could happen in real life.

Front-Load Vocabulary Some everyday words may be unfamiliar to English learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: swings, wishes, coin, kite, catalogs, knot.

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Call their attention to any important labels. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that this is a story about a girl who doesn’t want to move to a new town.Suggested language: Turn to pages 2 and 3. The labels in the picture on page 2 tell you that the girl in the picture is Elena, and that she’s at a market. On page 3, she’s in a park with her friend, Marisa. What do the pictures show you about what Elena likes about her town? Why do you think she might be sad that her family is planning to move?

Pages 4–5: Direct attention to the illustration across this spread and read the labels. Elena is worried that she will be lonely if her family moves to a new town. Would you feel sad and lonely if you moved away from your friends? Marisa tells Elena that she can make a wish by throwing a coin into the fountain. Marisa throws a coin and says: “Just copy me!” Does Elena copy Marisa? How can you tell from the picture? How does the label help you? What wish do you think Elena makes?

Page 9: Draw attention to the illustration and read the labels. How is Elena making a wish now? What wish do you think she is making?

Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out whether Elena’s wish came true.

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ReadHave children read Elena’s Wish silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed.

Remind children to use the Summarize Strategy and to stop to tell about important events as they read.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the book.Suggested language: How do you think Elena felt at the beginning of moving day? How did she feel at the end of the day?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Elena doesn’t want to move to a new town.

• Elena makes many kinds of wishes to stay in her hometown: in a fountain, on a kite, with birthday candles, and with eyelashes.

• When her family moves, she is surprised to be in a nice new town with a new friend next door.

• Some wishes come true in surprising ways.

• New places can be just as nice as the places loved and left behind.

• The author shows a character fi nding that her wish comes true in a way she never expected.

• The author describes many ways to make a wish.

• The ending is happy for a surprising reason.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite children to choose a page from the text and demonstrate phrased,

fl uent reading. Remind them to group words into phrases that show meaning.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Have children change words to add simple infl ectional endings (-ed, -ly, -ing, -es). Remind children that the fi nal consonant has to be doubled to add –ed or –ing to one-syllable words with the CVC or CCVC pattern (wag/wagged, drop/dropped, plan/planning). Point out that words ending in sh add –es to form the plural (eyelash/eyelashes).



Writing about ReadingCritical ThinkingHave students complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 22.10.

RespondingHave children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.

Target Comprehension SkillUnderstanding Characters

Target Comprehension Skill Remind children that it is important to

understand how characters act and why they act that way. Model the skill, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below.

Think Aloud

I read on page 5 that Elena makes a wish with her friend. How does she make her wish? She throws a coin into a wishing well. What does she wish for? She wants to stay in her nice town. What happens after this wish? The next day, nothing had changed and her parents still planned on moving.

Practice the SkillHave children write a sentence telling another way that Elena makes a wish in the story.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use what they know and their own experience to think about what happens in the story.

Assessment Prompts• On page 4, what words help you to understand the meaning of answered?

• Why does Elena say that her wish came true at the end of the story?



Read directions to children.

Think About ItRead and answer the questions.

1. What is Elena’s wish at the beginning of the story?

2. How is Elena like other children you know?

3. List two ways people in the story make wishes.

Making Connections Imagine you could wish for anything in the world. What would your wish be? Draw a picture of it. Write a title for your picture.

Draw and write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.

Grade 2, Unit 5: Changes, Changes Everywhere

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English Language DevelopmentReading Support In Introduce the Text (p.2), use pictures, concrete objects, or demonstrations that will help children understand the concepts and ideas in the text. Don’t ask children to read any text they will not understand. Or have children use the audio or online recordings.

Cultural Support Discuss with children which kinds of wishes they already knew about and which were new to them. Ask if they know of any other kinds of wishes (e.g., fi rst star, wishbones, dandelions).

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What does Elena throw in the fountain?

Speaker 2: a coin

Speaker 1: What is her wish?

Speaker 2: to stay in her town

Speaker 1: What happens when Elena tells Marisa her problem?

Speaker 2: Marisa says they should make wishes.

Speaker 1: What is the fi rst kind of wish that Elena makes?

Speaker 2: She throws a coin into a fountain.

Speaker 1: What are the fi rst two kinds of wishes that Elena makes?

Speaker 2: She throws a coin into a fountain. Then she ties a wish onto a kite.

Speaker 1: Why is Elena surprised in her new town?

Speaker 2: The town is nice, and a nice girl lives next door.



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Elena’s WishThinking Beyond the Text

Think about the question below. Then write your answer in one paragraph.

After she moved, Elena was surprised to find out good things about her new town. What lesson do you think the author wants readers to learn from this story?



Think About ItRead and answer the questions.

1. What is Elena’s wish at the beginning of the story?

2. How is Elena like other children you know?

3. List two ways people in the story make wishes.

Making Connections Imagine you could wish for anything in the world. What would your wish be? Draw a picture of it. Write a title for your picture.

Draw and write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.

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Elena’s WishRunning Record Form

Elena’s Wish • LEVEL J

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Elena liked her town. She liked her house.

She liked going to school with her friends. Mr.

Gomez, the man who worked at the market,

always smiled at her. Elena even liked the dogs

on her street. She knew all their names. Elena

did not want to move.

There was a playground in Elena’s town.

In the playground there was a pond, and

swings to sit on. Elena liked the playground,

too. Elena liked everything about her town.

Elena and her friend Marisa were in the

playground. Elena said, “Marisa, my parents

are planning to move.”

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/96 × 100)

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