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Character, Setting, Events
COLLABORATE Talk about a Leveled Reader
story with a partner.
Look at the pictures on the Retelling Cards.
Make a list of characters, settings, and events you see in the pictures.
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› Retelling Cards
› paper, pencils
20Minutes
You can use illustrations to find out about the characters, setting, and events in a story.
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› notebook paper
› pencils
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You Are an Illustrator!
Reading with Pictures
Think of a story you know. See it in your mind.
Draw a picture to show where the story happens.
COLLABORATE Show your picture to a partner.
Use it to help you retell the story.
Look at the pictures in a story. Do not read the words.
List the characters you see. Write where you think the story happens.
Write two things that you think will happen in the story.
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› paper
› pencils, crayons, or markers
READ
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READ
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Fluency
COLLABORATE
Take turns reading a story aloud. Don’t try to read fast. Read correctly and with expression.
Time your partner’s reading. Write down the time.
Read the story again. Check your time.
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› stopwatch
› paper
› pencils
20Minutes
Practice reading out loud. Focus on how your voice sounds
and on reading each word.
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› paper
› pencils or pens
20Minutes
20Minutes
Read Aloud
Fix the Mistakes!
Read a story out loud with a partner. COLLABORATE
As your partner reads, write down any errors he or she makes. Discuss the errors.
Have your partner read the story again. Were there fewer mistakes?
You need
› paper
› pencils or pens
READ
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Read a story to yourself.
COLLABORATE Read the story aloud
together.
Write the words that were hard to read. Practice reading those words.
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WRITIN
GStory
A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
COLLABORATE
Read Meli’s story with a partner. Tell what happens.
Which sentence does not belong?
Tell the beginning, middle, and end.
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› paper
› pencils
Meli’s StoryJax and his mom made popcorn.
They put it in a bowl.
Jax is six years old.
Jax ate the popcorn.
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Beginning
Middle
End
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15Minutes
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› paper
› pencils
Pancake Story
Your Day Think about one thing you
do at the beginning, middle, and end of each day.
Make a chart to help you plan.
Write a story about your day.
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› paper
› pencils, crayons,or markers
WRITIN
G Make a Three-Tab Foldable®.
Write beginning, middle, and end under the tabs.
Under the tabs, draw someone cooking pancakes. Draw pancakes on a plate. Draw someone eating them.
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WRITIN
GOrganization: Beginning, Middle, End
Luis wrote a story.
Luis’s story has a beginning and a middle. It needs an end.
Rewrite his story on your paper. Add an end to Luis’s story.
Draw a picture for the story.
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› paper
› pencils, markers, or crayons
Five fish went for a swim. They saw a duck. They saw a crab.
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Beginning
Middle
End
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20Minutes
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› paper
› pencils
Story Order
Write a Summary Make a beginning, middle,
and end chart.
Think of a favorite story. Write what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.
Use the chart to write a summary of the story.
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› paper
› pencils, crayons, or markers
WRITIN
G Make a Layered
Book Foldable®. COLLABORATE
Think of a story. Draw what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.
Tell your partner about what you drew. Describe the beginning, middle, and end.
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› PyramidFoldable®
› pencil
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Make a Pyramid Foldable®.
Write th, sh, and -ng on the outside.
Then write words with th, sh, or -ng on the inside.
COLLABORATE Exchange your
Pyramid Foldable® with a partner. Read the words aloud.
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› paper
› pencils or pens
15Minutes
20Minutes
High-Frequency Words
Silly Sentences
Read all the words in the box to your partner. COLLABORATE
Write all the words.
Make up a sentence for each word. Take turns telling the sentences to your partner.
Make a three-column chart.
Label the columns th, sh, and -ng.
Then write words with th, sh, or -ng in the columns. COLLABORATE
Write silly sentences with a partner. Use as many of the words as you can.
You need
› paper
› pencils, crayons,or markers
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COLLABORATE Talk to a partner. Talk
about ways you can help in your town or school.
Draw a picture of how you would like to help your community.
Write a sentence that tells what you are doing to help.
Help Your Community SOC
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› paper
› pencils or crayons
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You can help your community in many ways.
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› paper
› pencils or markers
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Helping Out
Make a Change!
Think of ways you can help at home.
Draw a picture that shows one way you help your family.
COLLABORATE Tell a partner about your picture.
Think of something you would like to make better in your school.
Write a list of ways you can help make it better.
COLLABORATE Combine your and your partner’s ideas
into one list.
You need
› paper
› pencils or crayons
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