Stop and think back to the setting of Story Hour - Starrin

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Sharing Stories
Unit 1 Lesson 5

• Tomas and the
• Library Lady

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Word Knowledge

• car first curled desert
• stories books toys pictures
• children shelves teeth leaves
• drink black desk check

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Fluency

• The first book I read was about desert animals.
• The children enjoyed the pictures from other
  countries.
• 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

• Some of this story is in Spanish. Do you know
  any Spanish?
• 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