by Simms Taback Joseph had a little overcoat It was old and worn So he made a jacket out of it and went to the fair Joseph had a little jacket It got old and worn Genre Study Fiction: The author uses imagination to create details in the fiction story so that it almost seems true So he made a vest out of it and danced at his nephew’s wedding Joseph had a little vest It got old and worn.1 So he made a scarf out of it and sang in the men’s chorus Joseph had a little scarf It got old and worn So he made a necktie out of it and went to visit his married sister in the city 1I see a pattern here Joseph keeps making something new out of his overcoat I reread the beginning part and noticed that each new thing Joseph makes is smaller than what he had before Joseph had a little necktie It got old and worn So he made a handkerchief out of it and drank a glass of hot tea with lemon Joseph had a little handkerchief It got old and worn So he made a button out of it and used it to fasten his suspenders Joseph had a little button One day he lost it Now he had nothing So Joseph made a book about it Which shows you can always make something out of nothing.2 2I didn’t understand the last line When I reread the last few lines I understood that when Joseph lost his button he had nothing left of his overcoat He then made a book, so he made something even though he had nothing Joseph Had a Little Overcoat 141 After Reading Retell the Story: Have children make a drawing of Joseph wearing something he made from his little overcoat Invite them to take turns describing the clothing in their pictures Use Copying Master number to prompt children to share what they visualized while listening to this story “I was able to picture in my mind ” Cultural Perspective This award-winning story is based on an old Jewish folk song from Eastern Europe Think and Respond What else might Joseph with his little overcoat when it gets old and worn? Possible responses: He could put it on a scarecrow He could give it to someone who did not have a coat Critical Do you think this story could really happen? Why? Possible response: Yes, a person really could cut down a coat into other things; a person could go to all the places Joseph did Genre What you think the author means by the last line of the story, “you can always make something out of nothing”? Possible response: If you use your imagination, you can get by without having a lot of things Author’s Purpose 142 from Scholastic News Genre: Nonfiction/Expository Comprehension Strategy: Generate Questions Think-Aloud Copying Master number Before Reading Genre: Remind children that nonfiction selections tell information about different subjects Tell them that the next selection they will hear gives facts about different types of weather Suggest that children think about other nonfiction stories they have heard, such as “Tooth Tales From Around the World.” Expand Vocabulary: Introduce the following words before reading this selection: weather: the condition of the air around us harmful: capable of doing damage panels: flat sections Set a Purpose for Reading: As you read, have children listen for good and bad things about rain, wind, and the sun During Reading Use the Think Alouds during the first reading of the story Notes about the genre and the cultural perspective may be used during subsequent readings The Power of Weather 143 Genre Study Nonfiction/ Expository: Nonfiction texts may have more unfamiliar words than other types of stories Readers can usually figure out the unfamiliar words by rereading the text around the word or reading ahead Weather is powerful! It can help and harm all living things Helpful Rain Rain gives plants water to drink First, rain sinks into the ground Then, plants suck up the rainwater through their roots What else needs water to live? Harmful Rain Too much rain can cause a flood Most floods happen when rain makes a river too full The water spills into streets, cars, homes, and stores Helpful Wind 1I noticed the author used the words helpful and harmful before each kind of weather This helps me understand what I will be hearing and it helps me predict what I will learn about in each section Wind helps spread seeds It blows seeds to new places Later, the seeds grow into new plants Harmful Wind1 Wind can make a dangerous storm! A tornado is a kind of storm Its winds spin around and around A tornado’s winds are so strong that they can rip trees out of the ground! Helpful Sun The sun helps warm some homes Panels on the roof trap the sun’s heat This heat is used to warm the home’s air It also warms water for the bath and shower 2I wonder why the author ends with a question? Thinking about the answer helps me think about other ways to protect from the sun 144 Harmful Sun The sun can also cause a sunburn Ouch! People must use sunscreen to protect their skin Then, they can enjoy a sunny day! Think! What else besides sunscreen people use to protect themselves from the weather?2 After Reading Retell: Have children fold a sheet of drawing paper in half On one half, have them draw a picture of how weather can be helpful On the other half, have them draw a picture of how weather can be harmful Allow time for them to explain what they have drawn Use Copying Master number to prompt children to share something that they noticed the author did in presenting the information “I noticed the author ” Cultural Perspective One of the hottest temperatures ever recorded was in the country of Libya in 1922 The temperature rose to 136° F Think and Respond How has weather been helpful for you? How has it been harmful? Responses will vary Analytical How you know that this is a nonfiction selection? Possible responses: the selection tells facts about weather; the information is true; it’s not a make-believe story Genre What point you think the author tries to make with this selection? Possible responses: Weather is powerful Most of the time we can live with it, but sometimes it changes our lives Author’s Purpose The Power of Weather 145 by Marchette Chute by Rhoda W Bacmeister Genre: Poem Poetic Element: Alliteration Comprehension Strategy: Generate Questions Think-Aloud Copying Master number Before Reading Genre: Tell children that the poems they will listen to describe what rain sounds like and what it feels like to move on ice Tell children that poets paint a picture of something by using just a few interesting and unusual words Some poems use alliteration or words beginning with the same sound Expand Vocabulary: Before reading these two poems, introduce these words: squelch: to crush, smash, or squeeze skid: to slide out of control crust: a crisp outer layer Set a Purpose for Reading: As children listen to the poems, tell them to close their eyes and focus on what rain sounds like and how snow and ice feel Have them listen for alliteration During Reading Read through the poems the first time without interruptions, using an expressive tone to emphasize the alliteration The Think Aloud and genre note may be used during subsequent readings 146 by Marchette Chute Squelch and squirt and squiggle, Drizzle and drip and drain— Such a lot of water Comes down with the rain!¹ by Rhoda W Bacmeister I slip and I slide ¹The author uses a lot of describing words How the describing words help me understand the poem? I was able to picture in my mind a rainy day with drops dripping off everything because of all those describing words in the poem On the slippery ice; I skid and I glide— Oh, isn’t it nice To lie on your tummy And slither and skim On the slick crust of snow Where you skid as you swim? Genre Study Alliteration: Alliteration, the repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words, is often used in poems Saying the same sounds several times makes the reader focus more on the words he or she is reading Showers/Icy 147 After Reading Retell: Invite children to draw a picture to retell the rain poem, and one for the icy poem Encourage children to describe their drawings using alliteration Use Copying Master number to prompt children to share how they visualized each poem “I was able to picture in my mind ” Think and Respond How you think the author feels about ice? Why? Possible response: She likes it and thinks it is fun because she talks about sliding and playing on it Analytical How are these two poems like other poems you have listened to such as “Hide and Seek Shadow” and “My Shadow”? Possible responses: They all have rhyming words The words form a rhythm pattern Genre Why you think these two authors want you to read these poems? Possible response: These poems are fun to listen to and read aloud Author’s Purpose 148 by Kate Duke Genre: Informational Fiction Comprehension Strategy: Reread Think-Aloud Copying Master number Before Reading Genre: Explain that informational fiction gives factual information but also tells a story Point out that this selection will give information about a science called archaeology while telling a made-up story about characters who experience a “dig” first-hand Expand Vocabulary: Introduce these words before you read the story: treasure: something of great worth or value ordinary: the regular condition or course of things tool: a handheld device that helps perform a task clue: something that helps a person find something or solve a mystery Set a Purpose for Reading: Have children listen to find out what archaeologists are interested in and why During Reading Then use the Think Alouds during the first reading of the story Notes about the genre and the cultural perspective may be used during subsequent readings Digging For Clues 149 by Kate Duke As this story begins, some children are getting ready to help their friend Sophie Sophie is an archaeologist An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived a long time ago One way archaeologists learn is by carefully digging up places where people lived long ago Sophie tells the children that they are going to some digging This is how archaeologists dig—neat and organized This dig is happening at a place where people lived thousands of years ago They lived by hunting, but we don’t know much more about them Let’s see what the children find 1I think that being an archaeologist is exciting You never know what you are going to find! 2I’m not sure why the author says archaeologists love old garbage I will reread the paragraph Now I understand What people threw away is the garbage But archaeologists study what was thrown away to find out about the people the things belonged to 150 We couldn’t wait to a little digging ourselves Maybe we’d find some treasure! Maybe we’d find some gold! Or a mummy!1 But when we looked at the stuff Sophie had already found, we were confused It just looked like a bunch of rocks and pebbles and dirt It sure didn’t look like treasure That was when we learned the truth about archaeology The truth was a shock Archaeologists hardly ever find treasure They aren’t even trying to! They look for ordinary things that belonged to ordinary people They even care about the stuff that people dropped, lost, or threw away In other words, garbage Archaeologists love old garbage! When they study it and test it, they can find out all kinds of things about the people it once belonged to.2 So archaeologists are more like detectives than treasure hunters They’re trying to find the whole story of how people used to live So Sophie’s dirt wasn’t just dirt It had bits of six-thousandyear-old garbage in it There were little pieces of bones and shells They showed what animals the people hunted long ago And even littler pieces of black charcoal showed what plants they ate Those pieces once had been seeds and nutshells They had fallen into the fire and burned while being cooked for somebody’s dinner, one day thousands of years ago Think - loud COPYING MASTERS Copying Master 270 Ask Questions Copying Master 271 Make Connections Copying Master 272 Visualize Copying Master 273 Draw Inferences Copying Master 274 Use Text Structure Copying Master 275 Determine Importance in Text Copying Master 276 Summarize © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Copying Master 277 Monitor Comprehension Think-Aloud Copying Masters 269 270 Think-Aloud Copying Master © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I wonder Think-Aloud Copying Master 271 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I made a connection when 272 Think-Aloud Copying Master © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I was able to picture in my mind Think-Aloud Copying Master 273 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I figured out _ because 274 Think-Aloud Copying Master © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I noticed the author used Think-Aloud Copying Master 275 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I thought _ was important in this text because 276 Think-Aloud Copying Master © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill This was mostly about Think-Aloud Copying Master 277 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill When I read _, I had to re-read, read back, read on LITERATURE INDEX by GENRE Biography Alexander Graham Bell 182 Johnny Appleseed 62 One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong 213 Fiction Aunt Minnie and the Twister 115 Beverly Billingsley Borrows a Book Close Friends 93 Daddy Played Music for the Cows 120 Dance at Grandpa’s 78 Hilda Must Be Dancing 169 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat 140 Little Engine That Could, The 191 Make Way for Ducklings 53 One Monkey Too Many 82 Trip Back Home, The 99 Up, Up, Up! It’s Apple-Picking Time 43 Upside Down Boy, The 163 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 66 Folktales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables Anansi Saves Antelope 90 Ant and the Pigeon, The 210 Boy Who Cried “Wolf,” The 160 Cinderella 124 Enormous Turnip, The 188 Gingerbread Man, The 156 Goldilocks and the Three Bears 48 Jack and the Beanstalk 199 278 Index by Genre Little Red Hen, The 58 Rooster and the Fox, The 130 Three Billy Goats Gruff, The 38 Three Little Pigs, The .237 Tortoise and the Hare, The 22 Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The 14 Turtle’s Race with Beaver 177 Nonfiction/Expository All Kinds of Families 110 Animal House 32 Digging for Clues 149 Daytime Bedtimes 223 Dream Jobs 226 Habitats: Where Animals Live 72 I’m Growing Up! 28 Power of Weather, The 143 Seeds 196 Sound of Music, The 185 Space Food 219 Tooth Tales from Around the World 96 Trapped by Ice 133 What is Made from Recycled Materials? 137 What Kind of Scientist Are You? 153 Zoo Baby Boom 230 Plays and Choral Readings Fooba Wooba John 255 I Speak, I Say, I Talk 251 Look at Me Now! 246 Shadow Dance 253 Supper with the Queen 257 That Goat Has GOT to Go! 261 Index by Genre 279 Poetry Foal 234 Growing Old 26 Hey, Bug! 207 Hide and Seek Shadow 104 Icy 146 Just Watch 19 London Bridge 241 Mary Had a Little Lamb 35 My Shadow 107 Showers 146 Songs Aiken Drum 87 Hokey Pokey, The 75 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Wheels on the Bus, The 174 280 Index by Genre ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “The Hokey Pokey” from THE LIBRARY OF CHILDREN’S SONG CLASSICS compiled by Amy Appleby and Peter Pickow Copyright © 1993 by Amsco Publications, A Division of Music Sales Corporation Used by permission of Music Sales Corporation DANCE AT GRANDPA’S adapted from LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS by Laura Ingalls Wilder Copyright © 1932 by Laura Ingalls Wilder, renewed 1959, 1987 by Roger L MacBride Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers ONE MONKEY TOO MANY by Jackie French Koller Copyright © 1999 by Jackie French Koller Used by permission of Voyager Books, Harcourt Inc “Aiken Drum” from THE LIBRARY OF CHILDREN’S SONG CLASSICS compiled by Amy Appleby and Peter Pickow Copyright © 1993 by Amsco Publications, A Division of Music Sales Corporation Used by permission of Music Sales Corporation “Anansi Saves Antelope” from AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-ALOUD STORIES edited by Susan Kantor Copyright © 2003 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc Used by permission of Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc “Close Friends” by Sally Lucas from HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, Jan 1997, Vol 52 Issue Copyright © 1997 by Highlights for Children Used by permission of Highlights for Children Continued DADDY PLAYED MUSIC FOR THE COWS by Maryann Weidt Copyright © 1995 by Maryann Weidt Used by permission of Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books BIPPITY BOP BARBERSHOP by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Copyright © 2002 by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Used by permission of Megan Tinley Books, Little, Brown and Company “The Rooster and the Fox” based on a fable by Aesop, retold by Madeline Juran, from HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, August 2004 Copyright © 2004 by Highlights for Children Used by permission of Highlights for Children “Trapped by Ice” by Ruth Musgrave from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS, Jan./Feb 2003 Issue 327 Copyright © 2003 by the National Geographic Society Used by permission of the National Geographic Society “What Is Made from Recycled Materials?” from WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS, 2005 Copyright © 2005 by World Almanac Education Group, Inc Used by permission of World Almanac Education Group, Inc JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT by Simms Taback Copyright © 1999 by Simms Taback Used by permission of Viking, a member of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers “The Power of Weather” from SCHOLASTIC NEWS— Edition 1, Mar 2003 Copyright © 2003 by Scholastic Inc Used by permission of Scholastic Inc “Tooth Tales from Around the World by Margaret Tsubakiyama from CHILDREN’S PLAYMATE, Mar 2000, Vol 72 Issue Copyright © 2000 by Children’s Better Health Institute Used by permission of Children’s Better Health Institute “Showers” by Marchette Chute from THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN Copyright © 1983 by Random House, Inc Used by permission of Random House, Inc THE TRIP BACK HOME by Janet S Wong Copyright © 2000 by Janet S Wong Used by permission of Harcourt, Inc “Icy” by Rhoda W Bacmeister from THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN Copyright © 1983 by Random House, Inc Used by permission of Random House, Inc “Hide-and-Seek Shadow” by Margaret Hillert from FARTHER THAN FAR Copyright © 1969 by Follett Publishing Co Used by permission of the author, who controls all rights ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG FOR CLUES by Kate Duke Copyright © 1997 by Kate Duke Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES by Norma Simon Copyright © 1976 by Norma Simon Used by permission of Albert Whitman & Company “What Kind of Scientist Are You?” from FUN FOR KIDZ, Nov./Dec 2004, Vol 3, Issue Copyright © 2004 by Bluffton News Publishing Used by permission of Bluffton News Publishing AUNT MINNIE AND THE TWISTER by Mary Skillings Prigger Copyright © 2002 by Mary Skillings Prigger Used by permission of Clarion Books, a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint Grade 281 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “The Gingerbread Man” from MY TREASURY OF STORIES AND RHYMES edited by Nicola Baxter Copyright © 1994 by Bookmart Limited Used by permission of Bookmart Limited “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by Aesop from THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF VIRTUES edited by William J Bennett Copyright © 1995 by William J Bennett Used by permission of Simon & Schuster THE UPSIDE DOWN BOY by Juan Felipe Herrera Copyright © 2000 by Juan Felipe Herrera Used by permission of Children’s Book Press HILDA MUST BE DANCING by Karma Wilson Copyright © 2004 by Karma Wilson Used by permission of Margaret K McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division THE WHEELS ON THE BUS edited by Ann Owen Copyright © 2003 by Picture Window Books Used by permission of Picture Window Books TURTLE’S RACE WITH BEAVER as told by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac Copyright © 2003 by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc Continued “The Ant and the Pigeon” from AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-ALOUD STORIES edited by Susan Kantor Copyright © 2003 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc Used by permission of Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc ONE GIANT LEAP: THE STORY OF NEIL ARMSTRONG by Don Brown Copyright © 1998 by Don Brown Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company “Space Food” from NASA Kids Features Copyright © 2003 by NASA Used by permission of NASA “Daytime Bedtimes” by Cynthia J Breedlove from BOYS’ QUEST, June/July 2001, Vol 7, Issue Copyright © 2001 by Bluffton News Publishing Used by permission of Bluffton News Publishing “Dream Jobs” by John DiConsiglo from SCHOLASTIC SCOPE, 9/20/2004, Vol 53 Issue Copyright © 2004 by Scholastic Inc Used by permission of Scholastic Inc “Zoo Baby Zoom” by Laura Linn from SCHOLASTIC NEWS—Edition 4, 2/4/2002, Vol 64 Issue 17 Copyright © 2004 by Scholastic Inc Used by permission of Scholastic Inc ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL by Lola M Schaefer Copyright © 2003 by Capstone Press Used by permission of Pebble Books, an imprint of Capstone Press “Foal” by Mary Britton Miller from ON THE FARM selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins Copyright © 1991 by Lee Bennett Hopkins Used by permission of Little, Brown & Co “The Sound of Music” from WEEKLY READER— Edition 4, 11/21/2003, Vol 85 Copyright © 2003 by Weekly Reader Corporation Used by permission of Weekly Reader Corporation “The Three Little Pigs” from MY TREASURY OF STORIES AND RHYMES edited by Nicola Baxter Copyright © 1994 by Bookmart Limited Used by permission of Bookmart Limited “The Enormous Turnip” from MY TREASURY OF STORIES AND RHYMES edited by Nicola Baxter Copyright © 1994 by Bookmart Limited Used by permission of Bookmart Limited “London Bridge” from MY TREASURY OF STORIES AND RHYMES edited by Nicola Baxter Copyright © 1994 by Bookmart Limited Used by permission of Bookmart Limited THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD retold by Watty Piper Copyright © 1976, 1961, 1954, 1945, 1930 by Platt & Munk, Publishers Used by permission of Platt & Munk, Publishers, a division of Grosset & Dunlap, Inc “I Speak, I Say, I Talk” from ONCE UPON A TIME, VOLUME OF CHILDCRAFT—THE HOW AND WHY LIBRARY Copyright © 1991 by World Book, Inc Used by permission of the publisher SEEDS by Gail Saunders-Smith Copyright © 1998 by Capstone Press Used by permission of Pebble Books, an imprint of Capstone Press “Shadow Dance” from FAIRIES AND SUCHLIKE by Ivy O Eastwick Copyright © 1946 by E P Dutton & Co Inc Renewed © 1974 by Ivy Olive Eastwick Used by permission of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc “Hey, Bug!” by Lillian Moore from I FEEL THE SAME WAY Copyright © 1967 by Lillian Moore Used by permission of Atheneum 282 Acknowledgments ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “Supper with the Queen” by Sally Jarvis Copyright © 1965 by Parents’ Magazine Press, a division of Parents’ Magazine Enterprises, Inc Used by permission of Parents’ Magazine Enterprises, Inc Continued “Close Friends” by Sally Lucas from HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, Jan 1997, Vol 52, Issue Copyright © 1997 for Highlights for Children Used by permission of Highlights for Children Cover Illustrations: Valerie Sokolova Illustrators Credits: Neecy Twinem, 9–13, 133–136, 230–233; Kathy Wilburn, 14–18, 93–95; Ruth Flanigan, 9–21, 110–114, 156–159, 257–260; Kelly Murphy, 22–25; Jan Naimo Jones, 26–27; Carol Koeller, 28–31, 75–77, 191–195; Nicole in den Bosch, 32–34, 62–65, 146–148; Tatjana Mai-Wyss, 35–37, 149–152; Carol Schwartz, 38–42, 196–198; Amanda Harvey, 43–47; Hector Borlasca, 48–52, 107–109, 261–267; Susan Spellman, 53–57, 130–132; Ka Botzis, 58–61, 177–181; Marika Hahn, 66–71, 143–145; Eva Cockrille, 72–74, 246–250; Sandy Rabinowitz, 78–81; Paula 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Cultural Perspective One of the hottest temperatures ever recorded was in the country of Libya in 1 922 The temperature rose to 136° F Think and Respond How has weather been helpful for you? How has... THUMP !2 “Hilda must be dancing!” said the rhinos in distress “If she’d only take up singing, then she wouldn’t make a mess!” Hilda tried to hum and croon, but found she couldn’t hold a tune 2I was... the first telephone call across the United States Alexander spent his life inventing He died in 1 922 Alexander Graham Bell changed the way people communicate with one another Biography: The author