Back to School

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Back to School

• Houghton Mifflin Reading
• Mr. Brumfield
• Third-Grade

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Strategy Workshops

• This week we will be examining and practicing
  strategies that good readers use when they read.
• Different strategies are used before, during,
  and after reading.
• As readers learn to use the strategies, they
  must think about how each strategy helps them
  read and understand stories.

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Predict and Infer
Reading Strategy One

• When you make a prediction and an inference
  about the story, you use clues to better
  understand what you are reading.
• Think about the title, the illustrations, and
  what you have read so far.
• Tell what you think will happen next or what you
  will learn.
• Try to figure out things that the author does not
  say directly.

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The Rule

• By Ann Cameron
• Using the title and illustration, what can you
  predict our story will be about?

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment One Practicing Prediction and Inference

• My mom and dad have a rule. At every meal,
  Julian and I have to eat at least a little bit of
  everything on our plates.
• Julian doesnt mind. My mom says that ever
  since he was a baby he liked to eat every single
  vegetable and all kinds of strange foods.
• When I was born, my mom thought that I would be
  like Julian. Im not. Its because of me that
  they made the rule.
• Because of the rule, I have eaten a little bit
  of oysters and asparagus. I have eaten a little
  bit of eggplant and turnips.
• I have eaten a piece of radish so tiny that
  afterward I had to use a magnifying glass to show
  my parents that there was something missing from
  the radish.
• Because of the radish they added to the rule.
  You cannot use a magnifying glass to prove you
  tasted something. You have to eat more of it than
  that.
• There is one other part to the rule. It is
  about restaurants.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment One Practicing Prediction and Inference

• That part is
• Food in restaurants is expensive. In a
  restaurant, if you order something, you better
  eat it ALL.
• One day my mom and dad decided to take me out
  for dinner. They invited Gloria to come too.
• My mom told us to dress up for the restaurant,
  with dark pants and white shirts and our best
  Sunday shoes. Julian tried to dress to look grown
  up.
• I was worried about the rule. I tried to dress
  the best way for getting hungry. I fastened the
  belt on my pants very tight. I hoped that would
  make me hungry.
• We stopped and picked up Gloria, who was all
  dressed up too. She had on a pink dress and new
  shoes with bows on them.
• The name of the restaurant was King Henrys.
  There were lots of cars parked out front and
  there was a red carpet leading inside. A man as
  dressed up as us opened the door and took us to a
  table.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment One Practicing Prediction and Inference

• Our waiter was very tall and thin. He looked
  like he could eat ten dinners at once and they
  would just disappear inside him. He probably knew
  the right way to wear his belt for getting
  hungry.
• When he brought us our menus, I scrinched my
  neck around so that I could see his belt. It was
  very loose! I loosened mine three notches. Right
  away I felt hungry.
• Use these strategies to be a better reader
• Think about the title, the illustrations, and
  what you have read so far.
• Tell what you think will happen next or what you
  will learn.
• Try to figure out things that the author does not
  say directly.

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What do you think might happen in the story?

• Make a prediction about what will happen with
  our main character. Discuss your prediction with
  a partner, using the predict and infer strategies
  that good readers use.
• Record your prediction on practice book page 2.

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Phonics and Decoding
Reading Strategy Two

• When you come to a word that you do not know
• Look carefully at the word.
• Look for word parts that you know and think
  about the sounds of the letters.
• Blend the sounds to read the word.
• Ask yourself, Is it a word I know? Does it make
  sense in what I am reading?
• If not, ask yourself What else can I try?

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Two Phonics and Decoding

• The menu was in a leather holder. It was very
  big, with fancy gold and black writing. I looked
  for words I knew. A little card was pinned right
  in the middle of the first page
• Use these strategies when you come across a word
  you dont know
• Look carefully at the word. Look for parts and
  sounds you know.
• Blend and sound out the word. Think to yourself,
  Is this a word? Does it make sense?
• If the word doesnt make sense, try it again or
  think of how you can figure it out.

Special Grilled Giant Forest Mushrooms With Fresh
Trout from Cold Mountain Rivers
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trout

• Use these strategies when you come across a word
  you dont know
• Look carefully at the word. Look for parts and
  sounds you know.
• __________________________________________________
  ____________
• Blend and sound out the word. Think to yourself,
  Is this a word? Does it make sense?
• __________________________________________________
  _____________
• If the word doesnt make sense, try it again or
  think of how you can figure it out.
• Write down the steps we followed to read this
  word on practice book page 3.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Two Phonics and Decoding
Special Grilled Giant Forest Mushrooms With Fresh
Trout from Cold Mountain Rivers

• Special is my favorite word. I also like the
  words giant, fresh, and rivers. The words
  made me very hungry. I loosened my belt one more
  notch.
• Whats trout? I asked my mom.
• Its a fish, she said.
• Thats what I want, I said.
• Are you sure? my dad asked. Are you sure you
  dont want a hamburger? Thats what Julian is
  having. Or maybe youd like a chef salad? Thats
  what Glorias having.
• Im sure, I said. I want the special.
• You know youll have to eat it when it comes,
  my mom said.
• I will, I said.

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Monitor and Clarify
Reading Strategy Three

• Use these strategies to be a better reader.
• Ask yourself if what you are reading makes sense
  or if you are learning what you want to learn.
• If you dont understand something, reread, read
  ahead, or the use the illustrations to help you.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Three Monitor and Clarify

• The thin man brought Julians hamburger,
  Glorias salad, and my mom and dads chicken. He
  brought me the special.
• The giant mushrooms were all around the plate,
  just like a forest. The trout was in the middle.
  He wore his skin and his head. His mouth was open
  as if he was gasping for air. His eye was big and
  white and sad and cooked. It looked straight at
  me.
• Sorry, I said. I looked away.
• I looked at the giant mushrooms. Their tops
  were like wings. They looked like a dark forest.
  They were a little mushy, but they still looked
  like rooms. Probably elves had lived under them
  and danced around them in the moonlight. If I ate
  one, I could be eating an elfs house.
• But I had to do it. Sorry, I said.
• I took my knife and my fork. I cut myself a
  bite. It tasted like a buttered forest. I liked
  the taste. I ate all of my mushrooms.
• Huey ate all of his mushrooms! my mom said.
• But, my dad said, he hasnt touched his
  fish.
• I will, I said.

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Monitor and Clarify
Reading Strategy Three

• Does the story make sense to you?
• What does the narrator mean when he said the
  trout, wore his skin and his head?
• Why does the boy keep saying, sorry?
• How does the boy feel about eating the special?
• Turn to practice book page 4.
• Answer the questions to better help you
  understand the story.
• Have you eaten mushrooms before? What do they
  look like?
• Can you tell from listening to the story why the
  boy may have thought the mushrooms looked like a
  forest?
• How can you find out why he may have thought
  that?

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Question
Reading Strategy Four

• To be a better reader, you can think of
  questions that can be answered before or after
  reading.
• Ask yourself questions about the main characters.
• Ask yourself if you have ever been in a
  situation like the character, or how you would
  respond if you had the same problem.
• Pick one of these questions to ask yourself on
  practice book page 5.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Four Question

• I didnt want to touch it with my finger. I
  touched the tail with my knife.
• The eye of the fish looked at me. I stopped
  touching his its tail.
• I wondered if I was supposed to eat the eye. If
  I had to, I would eat the tail first. I would
  save the eye till last.
• I could eat the fish if I didnt look at it.
• But it is hard to eat your food if you dont
  look at it. You keep missing the plate with your
  fork.
• There were mirrors on two sides of the room. I
  could see my fork miss the plate two ways. I
  could see the heaps of salad left on Glorias
  plate.
• Mrs. Bates, Gloria said, do you mind if I
  dont eat all of my salad?
• Of course not, honey, my mom said. Youre a
  guest.
• I turned around in my chair and looked at the
  back of the room. There was an aquarium! It was
  full of purple fish, live ones with frilly tails
  like ballerinas dresses. They were watching me.
  It looked like they were talking to each other.
  They wanted to see what I would do.

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Evaluate
Reading Strategy Five

• To be a better reader, you need to evaluate
  how you feel about the story.
• Ask yourself how you feel about the story and
  why you like or dislike the story.
• Ask yourself if you agree or disagree with the
  characters or the writer of the story.
• Are you learning what you wanted to know?
• How well did the author do writing the story?
• Pick one of these questions to ask yourself on
  practice book page 5.

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Five Evaluate

• Sorry, I muttered to the purple fish. I put
  the fork in my lap.
• Huey, my dad said, were almost done.
• Sorry, I said.
• You dont have to eat the head or the tail or
  the skin, my mom explained. Just break the skin
  open and eat the flesh.
• FLESH! I said.
• Meat, my mom said.
• Huey-if you finish your fish, you can have ice
  cream, my dad promised.
• I moved my legs. My fork slipped out of my lap
  and so did my napkin. Right way the thin man saw.
  He picked them up and took them away. Then he put
  a clean fork by my plate. He handed me a fresh
  napkin.
• Turn to practice book page 6 and evaluate how you
  feel about the story.

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Summarize
Reading Strategy Six

• To make sure you are understanding the story,
  you can retell or summarize the main plot events.
• Think about the main story elements when
  summarizing
• Who are the main characters?
• Where does the story take place? (setting)
• What is the problem?
• What happens in the beginning, middle, and end?

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The Rule by Ann Cameron
Segment Six Summarize

• I remembered something I saw once on TV - a
  live heart operation. The doctors didnt look at
  the patient. They kept him covered with a cloth.
  My mom said they did it so they could forget he
  was a person and cut.
• I took my fresh napkin and threw it over my
  whole fish, all but the middle.
• Julian almost choked on a piece of bread.
  Hueys napkin! he said, pointing.
• Yuck! said Gloria. Huey! my dad exclaimed.
  Your manners! my mom reminded me.
• I didnt listen. There wasnt time.
• I picked up my fork. I took a big chunk out of
  the fishs side, and chewed it, and swallowed it.
• I swallowed three times extra for safety. I ate
  nine more big bites.
• Turn to practice book page 7 and summarize the
  main story elements.

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Summarizing Story Elements
Solution
Setting
Characters
Problem
Authors Message
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The Rule by Ann Cameron

• Huey ate almost all of it, Gloria said.
• Huey has to eat it all, Julian said. Thats
  the rule!
• I looked at Mom and Dad. Do I have to? I
  said. I felt awfully full.
• Julian, my mom said, rules arent absolute.
  People make rules to make life better. If a rule
  doesnt work, it can be changed.
• My dad said, Huey ate a lot of good food
  tonight. If he eats more, he might burst.
• My mom said, Im proud of Huey. He ate two new
  foods. He was adventurous.
• It sounded like I was a hero! An explorer
  maybe.
• But what about the rule? Julian asked.
• Maybe we dont need it anymore, my mom said.
  What do you think, Huey?
• I looked at my plate. The mushrooms were all
  gone. Id eaten almost all of the fish. Julian
  never ate that much. If he ever tried it in a
  restaurant, he could never do it.
• Lets keep the rule, I said.
• Which reading strategies best helped you
  understand the story?

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Answering Questions

• When I ask you to answer questions about the
  story, I expect you to always do certain things.
• Always write in complete sentences, using capital
  letters and punctuation when needed.
• Use details from the story when answering the
  question.
• Restate part of the question at the beginning of
  your answer, to make a complete sentence.

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Lets practice the first few together. You will
then try answering the next few by yourself, and
we will discuss your responses.
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A Friendly Letter
Have you ever received a letter?
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Things to Consider

• Why do people write friendly letters?
• When have you received a letter?
• Who sent it and why did they?
• When have you written a letter?
• Why did you write the letter?

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What are the parts to a letter?

• How does a letter begin?
• What information is included in a letter?
• How does a letter end?

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Lets Learn Online!

• We will use this website to aid our learning
• http//esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/LetterWriting/lette
  rmain.htm

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Applying Your Learning

• Using the information we have learned about the
  five parts to a letter, you will write your own
  letter.
• First we need to identify who we are writing to,
  as well as the purpose for our letter.
• Then you can follow the 5 steps to finish your
  letter!

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Addressing your Envelope
Your Name Your Street Address City, State, Zip
code
Name of Person you are Writing To
Street Address
City, State, Zip code