Matthew and Tilly

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Matthew and Tilly

• Written by Rebecca C. Jones
• Illustrated by Beth Peck

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Background Knowledge

• What is it like to have a good friend and to be a
  good friend?
• What are some good times youve had with a good
  friend?
• Friends do many things together, such as share
  toys, wear the same color clothes, walk hand in
  hand, tell one another special stories.
• We are going to read a story that is realistic
  fiction. The characters seem real and the events
  in the story could happen in real life.

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Vocabulary

• picky hard to please or satisfy
• business a company that buys and sells goods, or
  makes products
• rescued to save someone from a dangerous
  situation
• remembered to recall something that had been
  forgotten
• brave having courage
• crabbiest bad tempered or irritable 
• grouchiest to complain or grumble
• stomped to walk heavily and noisy
• customer a person who buys goods or services
• probably likely to exist or occur 
• wondered to have a question about

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Good Readers

• Make connections while they read. Use your own
  experiences to better understand the characters
  feeling and actions.
• Monitor and clarify will help readers understand
  the meanings of words and difficult ideas.

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Focus questions

• 1. What games do you play with your friends?

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Focus questions

• 2. Why do we sometimes not get along with friends
  when we play games?

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During Reading

• Think about the friendships you have.
• How are they alike and different
• from Matthew and Tillys friendship?

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Lets Read Our Story!
Dont forget to print track with your finger!
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Checking Comprehension

• 1. What did you find out about playing games by
  reading what happened to Matthew and Tilly in the
  story?
• 2. Which things in the story make Matthew and
  Tilly seem like real children?
• 3. What do you think Matthew and Tilly learned
  about their friendship in the story?
• 4. Why did the two friends have an argument and
  how did they resolve it?

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Theme connections

• 1. Why did Matthew and Tilly stop playing with
  each other?
• 2. Why did Matthew and Tilly decide to be friends
  again?
• 3. In what other story is getting along
  important? Why?

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Main Idea and Details

• The author always has something specific to say
  to the reader. This is the main idea. The author
  will strengthen this main point with details to
  help the reader understand.
• When you identify the main idea it will help
  you better understand what the story is about.

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Main ideaMatthew and Tilly are friends
(132-137)

• Details
• they rode bikes
• they played hide and go seek
• they sold lemonade
• they played sidewalk games
• they ate ice cream
• they rescued kitten
• they chewed gum
• they shared memories

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Main IdeaSometimes they got sick of each other.
(138-141)

• Details
• the crayon incident
• their faces in the illustrations
• their body language
• name calling

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Main IdeaMatthew and Tilly are by themselves,
playing all alone. (142-147)

• Details
• Matthew stomped up the stairs.
• Tilly made chalk drawing alone.
• Matthew played store alone.
• Tilly played sidewalk games alone.

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Main IdeaMatthew and Tilly are friends again.
(148-151)

• Details
• They are looking out the window, wondering what
  the other is doing.
• They smiled at
• each other,
• apologized,
• then ran to play
• together again.

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PLOT

• PLOT The series of events that characters go
  through in a story to solve a problem.
• A plot has a beginning, middle, and an end.
• 1. What was the central problem in the story?
• 2. How did the characters try to solve their
  problem?
• 3. How was the problem finally solved?

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Making Connections in First Grade

• Think back to Black History Month.
• Think about all the important leaders we learned
  about.
• What does this story have in common with the life
  of Ruby Bridges?

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Diversity is a variety of something such as
opinion, color or style.
Why is diversity so important?
What diversity do you see here?
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What does this mean?
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Our differences make us special!
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Jesus loves the little children. All the
children of the world. Red and Yellow, Black and
White. They are precious in his sight. Jesus
loves the little children of the world.
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We are all the same on the inside.
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Sidewalk Games

• Can you believe
• these are chalk
• drawings?

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more chalk drawings
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This is really just chalk on a sidewalk!
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WOW!!!
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Yes, its chalk!
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• Remember, both
• his feet in reality
• are flat on the
• pavement .

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Unbelievable Art!

• It looks like hes digging a hole, but its really
  chalk art.

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• Chalk
• Chalk
• Chalk

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Now Lets Have Some Fun!!!

• We are going to go outside to create our own
  sidewalk chalk drawings!
• Remember be creative!
• Use your imagination!
• Add LOTS of details in your picture.
• Work cooperatively with your friend.

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Our Chalk DrawingsMarch 2007
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