Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes written by
Eleanor Coerr illustrated by Ronald Himler
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gaily chunk happily Ming gaily jumped around
after she saw her good grades.
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entrance chunk a place to go in, a
doorway Tommy walked to the front of the
building to find the entrance to the school.
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frightening base word ending very
scary Because of the frightening horror movie,
Claire couldnt sleep for days.
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thumping base word ending a loud, dull,
repeating sound After exercising, Ricardo could
hear the heavy thumping of his heart.
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cheering base word ending applauding,
yelling When Barry hit a homerun, he could hear
his teammates cheering.
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healthy base word ending well, in good
shape If you want to stay healthy, eat plenty of
fruits and vegetables.
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stroked base word ending gently petted Lena
stroked the sleeping puppys fur.
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murmur chunk a soft sound, whisper I could not
hear even a murmur from the quiet audience during
the play.
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• Day One- Team Talk
• Choose the best list of main ideas from pages
  9-10 of the story.
• (see your red folder page 3 for the lists)
• Tell why you chose the list you did. Why was the
  other list not the best one?
• What is the setting of this story?
• 3. What makes Sadako excited?
• 4. Write a good question for your teammates to
  answer from this section of the story. Make sure
  you include the answer.

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Partner Reading- Day One Read pages 9-10 with
your partner aloud.
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Adventures in Writing Think of a familiar story
that a young child would like to hear. Think
about the most important parts of the story and
list them on a story map. List the main
characters in the story, the main problem, the
most important events, and how the story ends.
Use the story map to write a summary of the
story. Your summary will tell the story in a
short way. You will read your story summary
aloud to your partner to find out if youve told
the important information, left out the less
important information, and made your story short.
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Two Minute Edit- Day Two this story takes place
in japan it be about a little girl named sadako!
(7)
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• Day Two- Team Talk
• Choose the best list of main ideas for pages
  14-16 of the story.
• (see your red folder page 4 for the lists)
• Tell why you chose the list you did. Why was the
  other list not the best one?
• Do you think that the spider will be good luck
  for Sadako? Support your answer.
• What does the author mean when she writes that
  Sadako and Chizuko are as close as two pine
  needles on the same twig?
• The photographs at the Peace Park make Sadako-
• A. angry B. scared C. confused D.
  lost

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Partner Reading- Day Two Read pages 14-16 aloud
with your partner.
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Two Minute Edit- Day Three Sadako were very
excited about peace day it was a day to remember
the peoples that dyed win the atom bomb was
droped. (9)
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• Team Talk-Day Three
• Choose the best list of main ideas for pages
  21-24 of the story.
• (see your red folder page 5 for the lists)
• Tell why you chose the list you did. Why was the
  other list not the best one?
• Explain Sadakos good news.
• How hard does Sadako practice for the race?
  Support your answer.
• Sadakos secret is-
• A. her sickness B. her racing
• C. her trophies D. none of the above

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Partner Reading- Day Three Read pages aloud
with your partner.
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Two Minute Edit- Day Four Sadako winned the
relay rase four her class at the field day (4)
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• Day Four- Team Talk
• Choose the list of main ideas for pages 28-29 of
  the story.
• (see your red folder page 6 for the lists)
• Tell why you chose the list you did. Why was the
  other list not the best one?
• Does Sadako have a reason, at first, to think
  that her prayers and good luck symbols worked?
  Why or why not?
• On a crisp, cold February day, Sadako-
• A. collapses B. feels better
• C. joins another racing team D. none of the
  above
• 4. Why does the Red Cross Hospital frighten
  Sadako?

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Partner Reading- Day Four Read pages aloud
with your partner.