Sharing Stories

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Sharing Stories
Unit 1 Lesson 5

• Tomas and the
• Library Lady

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Word Knowledge

1. car first curled desert
2. stories books toys pictures
3. children shelves teeth leaves
4. drink black desk check

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Fluency

1. The first book I read was about desert animals.
2. The children enjoyed the pictures from other
   countries.
3. The doctor will check his black eye.

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Building Background

• Stop and think back to the setting of Story Hour
  - Starring Megan
• -What was the setting?
• -Why did Megan go to the library?
• -Who did Megan share her story with?
• The story we will read today also takes place in
  a library
• -What have been your experiences in the library?

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Background Information

1. Some of this story is in Spanish. Do you know
   any Spanish?
2. Tomás and his family are migrant farm workers.
   Their lives are different than yours and mine.

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Tomás Life

• Working on a farm.

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Tomás Life

• Moving often

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Tomás Life

• Poor housing conditions

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Tomás Life

• A different school every season or no school at
  all

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Tomas Life

• Few toys and books.

and who kept their culture alive through oral
story telling!!

• But

surrounded by loving families
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Background Information

• Genre
• Realistic Fiction
• Characters do things that real people and animals
  might do. Realistic.
• Places in the story are real or seam real. Also
  realistic!
• The story tells about things that could really
  happen BUT havent. Fiction.

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Clues, Problems and Wonderings
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Vocabulary

• Midnight -
• 1200 at night

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Vocabulary

• Howling
• Making a loud, wailing cry (pg. 88)

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Vocabulary

• Chatter
• clicked together quickly. (pg. 89)

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Vocabulary

• Thorny
• -Covered with sharp points (pg. 89)

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Vocabulary

• Glaring
• -Staring angrily (pg. 90)

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Vocabulary

• Eager
• -Wanting very much to do something (pg. 95)

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Comprehension StrategiesGood Readers

• Monitor and Adjust Reading Speed
• Slow down and reread confusing passages.
• I need to reread that part
• Let me slow down and read that again

• Monitor and Clarify
• STOP and reread to determine the meaning of words
  and more difficult ideas or passages.
• Wait a minute! I didnt understand that. Let me
  stop and reread for clarity.
• I am confused by that. I need to clarify.

• Summarize
• Keep track of what you have read and focus on
  important details
• At the beginning of the story
• Then