NAME: READING CORE Grade: Excellent (MP) OK (NP) Needs Improvement (BP) February 13 February 17 1
THIS WEEK S VOCABULARY 2
THIS WEEK S READ-ALOUD 3
***QUESTIONS*** 1. What is this week s Essential Question? What can you learn from signs in your community? What words show the order of events? 4 When might a character need help? Why do we read stories?
2. What is the title of the story? The Signmaker s Assistant Wild Animals and their Friends 3. Whooping Cranes are: Small snow birds Big white birds Dr. Salk s Treasure Wild Friends, Wow! Snow-white bears Huge snow-white puppies 4. What will readers read about under the second heading Whooping Crane Day in New Mexico? The adventures of Information about Whooping Cranes all the birds in in Wilmington Mexico Information about a celebration for Whooping Cranes in New Mexico 5 Information about a day in the life of Whooping Cranes in New Mexico 5. What text feature helps readers find the promise that Wild Friends make? The title of the The heading, Wild book Friend Pledge The heading, A All of the above Beautiful Friend
6. What is a question you might ask about the headings? How do headings help the reader find information in the article? Do headings always give the reader hints about what s going to happen next? Why are headings useful to readers? All of the above 7. What other questions do you have about the headings? 8. What questions do you have that a photograph might have helped you answer? 6
VOCABULARY PRACTICE 7
THE SIGNMAKER S ASSISTANT *Directions* Read the story and answer the questions below. If you finish early, work on the early finishers in the back. Do not work ahead! **IMPORTANT** GRAPHIC FEATURES: photos or drawings, such as maps or charts, that stand for ideas or add details to the text TEXT FEATURES: parts of the text such as titles, headings, or special type ***QUESTIONS*** 1. What is this week s Essential Question? When might a character need help? What words show the order of events? What can you learn from signs in your community? None of the above 2. What is the title of the story? 8
3. Who are the characters? The signmaker The signmaker s customers Norman All of the above 4. What does the last paragraph on p. 117 tell you about the signmaker? He appreciates He is nice Norman s help He is humble All of the above 5. Who is Norman? (118) The signmaker s son The signmaker s assistant The signmaker s dog A and B 6. How does Norman help the signmaker? (118) He cuts wood and mixes colors He walks the signmaker s dog 9 He paints simple signs and cleans brushes A and C 7. What do you do if you are someone s assistant?
8. Why do you think he made the sign that said No School Today? (120) 9. CAUSE AND EFFECT: Why does everyone believe the sign that said No School Today? People do whatever They taught the the signmaker s signmaker made it sign say People trust the All of the above signmaker s signs 10. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: What happens right after Norman sees children go home from school? (121) He hangs up the sign that he made He looks around for another idea for a sign He makes a sign that said No School Today The principal suspends Norman 10
11. CHARACTER TRAITS: What do you learn about the signmaker on p. 123? He is upset with He is trusting of Norman for all the Norman and asks trouble he has him to lock up the caused shop He is very old and All of the above forgetful 12. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: What happens right after the people realize that they have been tricked? (128) They become angry and tear down the signs They forgive Norman They arrest the signmaker None of the above 13. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: What happens right after the people tear down all of the signs? (129) People chase the signmaker into the woods Norman admits to what he did People get angry at the signmaker People get very confused 11
14. CAUSE AND EFFECT: Why do the people chase the signmaker into the woods? (130) They think he made They are upset the signs that that he left caused so much Norman in trouble charge They couldn t find Norman, so they went after the signkeeper None of the above 15. What does Norman do after the signmaker is chased into the woods? (131) He realizes the town is in danger without the signmaker and his signs He feels guilty for what he did He admits it was his fault, but no one was listening All of the above 16. What do you think about Norman at the end? 12
Words with AR 13
Commas in Dates 14
Words with AR 15
Words with AR Word Bank Car Dark Arm Star Park Yard Party Hard Farm Start Part Spark Art jar 16
Commas with Place Names 17
Cummulative Review 18
Words with AR Word Bank Car Dark Arm Star Park Yard Party Hard Farm Start Part Spark Art jar 19
Commas in Parts of Letters 20
Synonyms 21
**EARLY FINISHERS** VOCABULARY Words 22
**EARLY FINISHERS** Spelling Words 1 23
**EARLY FINISHERS** Spelling Words 2 24