SEVEN SPOOLS OF THREAD A Kwanzaa Story

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SEVEN SPOOLS OF THREADA Kwanzaa Story
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OBJECTIVES

• TODAY WE WILL.
• Make Inferences and Analyze
• Draw Conclusions
• Use academic language Inference and Conclusion

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

• Beamed
• Shined brightly
• Argued
• Disagreed loudly with someone
• Possessions
• Things that people own

• Fabric
• Cloth that is used for making clothes
• Purchased
• Got something by paying money
• Quarreling
• Having an argument

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STRATEGY Make Inferences and Analyze

• Authors dont always tell us everything in their
  story
• Readers have to carefully look at the information
  and make inferences.
• To make inferences, good readers use what you
  know and clues in the story to figure out what is
  missing. You are a detective!

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SKILL Draw Conclusions

• As good readers, you often use two or more story
  details and their own experience to explain
  characters actions, or events.
• By doing this, you can understand the story
  better.
• When you do this, you draw conclusions!

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PREVIEW PREDICT

• When I say Go, take 1 minute to preview the
  illustrations.
• Ask yourself
• Who are the characters?
• What will they do?
• On your index card, write 1-2 predictions and
  questions about the story. After we listen to
  the selection, we will see if your questions were
  answered.

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Focus Question

• Read to find out
• How will the brothers get along at the end of the
  story?
• NOWyou will read along as we listen to.

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Seven Spools of Threada Kwanzaa Story
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Lets Check our Predictions!

• Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your
  questions. Were they answered?
• How did the way the brothers treated each other
  change?
• How did making inferences and drawing conclusions
  about the characters help you understand the
  story?
• TOMORROW WE WILL
• Use our sequence chart to answer our
  Comprehension Check questions on page 73.

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

• If you could change the title of this story, what
  would you change it to? Why?