During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.: whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers Reread the first two paragraphs on page 286. How does Julian Lonely; he doesn’t have anyone to play with. feel at the beginning of the story? Why? (page 286) How does Julian know someone is moving into the Julian saw the moving van a block from his house. Gloria says neighborhood? Where is this family from? (page 286) she comes from Newport (a city in Rhode Island). How did Julian and Gloria know that the birds wanted them to The text says that the mother robin squawked at us, and she go away? Why do you think the birds reacted in that way? and the father robin flew around our heads. The birds wanted (page 289) to protect their nest and thought the children might be a danger. Look at the illustrations on 290 and 291. Thinking back to the Julian and Gloria shared Kool-Aid and working together to beginning of the story, what do the pictures reveal about Julian create a kite. They are smiling and laughing. All of Julian’s and Gloria’s relationship? (page 290) doubts and lonely feelings seem to be gone.
During Teaching Students read the entire main selection text independently. Teacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.) Students and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text. A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.: whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.) Text Dependent Questions Text Dependent Questions Answers Reread the first two paragraphs on page 286. How does Julian feel at the beginning of the story? Why? (page 286) Lonely; he doesn’t have anyone to play with. How does Julian know someone is moving into the neighborhood? Where is this family from? (page 286) Julian saw the moving van a block from his house. Gloria says she comes from Newport (a city in Rhode Island). How did Julian and Gloria know that the birds wanted them to go away? Why do you think the birds reacted in that way? (page 289) The text says that the mother robin squawked at us, and she and the father robin flew around our heads. The birds wanted to protect their nest and thought the children might be a danger. Look at the illustrations on 290 and 291. Thinking back to the beginning of the story, what do the pictures reveal about Julian and Gloria’s relationship? (page 290) Julian and Gloria shared Kool-Aid and working together to create a kite. They are smiling and laughing. All of Julian’s doubts and lonely feelings seem to be gone.
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