Unit 1 - Friendship

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Unit 1 - Friendship

• Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend Day 2

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Strategy Making Connections

• Making connections between what you read and your
  own experiences is a good way to enjoy and
  understand a story.
• Think of connections as you read.

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Choral Read Page 14

• I can understand the way that the boy whos
  telling this story feels. He feels lonely
  because he doesnt have anyone his own age to lay
  with. I can remember feeling the same way when I
  didnt have anyone to do something with. I was
  sad and lonely, and feeling very sorry for
  myself.

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Choral Read Pages 15 and 16

• I read that when Julian didnt do a cartwheel
  properly, he looked at Gloria to see if she was
  laughing. I remember trying to hit the ball in
  a game of baseball and missing. I was afraid my
  friend would laugh at me. But instead, she
  helped me learn how to stand and swing at the
  ball.

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Making Connections

• How has a friend helped you to learn something
  new?
• What other connections to the story can you share
  with the class?
• Choral read pages 16 19.

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Making Predictions

• Good readers often stop to think about what they
  are reading and then make a prediction about what
  might happen next based on the clues in the
  story.
• As they continue to read, they check to see if
  their prediction was confirmed.

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Predictions

• While reading, I learned that Julian told Gloria
  he wished she would live nearby for a long time.
  Then Gloria said, I wish I would too. As I
  continue to read, I see that Gloria is going to
  tell Julian the best way to make wishes come
  true.

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• Probably, they will try. I wonder if it will
  work! Ill keep reading in order to find out.
  Given what the author has told us about the
  characters so far, what do you think will happen
  next?
• Choral read Page 20.

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Summarizing

• Weve read a lot about Gloria and Julian. Lets
  check to see if we understand whats happened so
  far. Sometimes it helps to think about what you
  have read and then to sum it up in your own
  words. Summarizing helps me to understand what
  is happening in the story.

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Summarizing

• I know that this is a story about a boy named
  Julian who never wanted a girl for a friend until
  he met Gloria. Julian and Gloria meet one day as
  she is moving into her new house, but he really
  wasnt very interested, because he never wanted a
  girl as a friend.

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Summarizing

• Gloria and Julian turned cartwheels together.
• They looked in the robins nest and saw eggs.
• Julian showed Gloria his room and they shared
  some Kool-Aid.

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Summarizing

• Julian and Gloria both wished that Gloria would
  live there a long time.
• They were going to make a kite and tie their
  wishes to the kite.

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Summarizing

• Lets continue to read, and as we do, remember
  to summarize what we are reading. Make sure you
  understand what you have just read. Let me know
  if you would like to share our summary with the
  group.
• Choral read pages 21 and 22.

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Confirming Predictions

• Earlier I predicted that Julian and Gloria would
  try to make their wish that they could remain
  neighbors and friends come true. Now that I have
  read more, I know that my prediction was
  confirmed. That was the fourth wish that he
  wrote to tie to the kites tail.

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Confirming Predictions

• But, Gloria is keeping her wishes a secret. I
  wonder if she will ever tell Julian about the
  wishes she wrote. I predict that she wont
  because she is afraid that telling will keep the
  wishes from coming true. What do you predict?
  What clues in the text lead you to that
  prediction?
• Choral read pages 23 to 25.

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Summarizing

• Our last summary ended when Julian and Gloria
  were making a kite.
• What happened after that?