drylongso virginia hamilton illustrated by: jerry pinkney
TRANSCRIPT
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.
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.
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