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Title: By Kathi Apelt


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Watermelon Day
  • By Kathi Apelt
  • Pictures by Dale Gottlieb

2
The __________ draws the pictures.
Author Kathi Apelt
illustrator
Illustrator Dale Gottlieb
author
The _______ writes the stories.
This is a story about Jessie waiting and waiting
the whole summer for a little watermelon in the
corner of the garden to grow into a great big
watermelon for the familys annual Watermelon Day.
3
Genre-
Realistic Fiction
  • Realistic fiction tells about characters that are
    like people in real life.
  • Look for
  • Characters that have
  • feelings that real people
  • have.
  • A setting that could be
  • a real place

4
beneath
  • - under

The watermelon is beneath the rooster.
5
knelt
  • - got down on knees.

Mr. Smith knelt down to pass the food.
6
relay race
  • - a running contest in which team members take
    turns.

Jim is in the relay race with Sally.
7
shimmered
  • - shone
  • The butterflys wings shimmered in the sunlight.

8
snug
  • - tight or cozy

The watermelons were snug in the watermelon patch.
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wrinkled
  • -had many small folds

This dog has a very wrinkled body.
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Review Your Vocabulary Words
  1. beneath - under
  2. knelt - got down on knees
  3. relay race - a running contest in which team
    members take turns running
  4. shimmered - shone
  5. snug - tight or cozy
  6. wrinkled - had many small folds

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  • beneath
  • knelt
  • relay race
  • shimmered
  • snug
  • wrinkled

The polar bear swam _______ the waves.
12
beneath knelt relay race shimmered snug wrinkled
The icicles _________ in the sun.
13
relay race shimmered
beneath snug
  • knelt
  • wrinkled

The shirt was so ________ that I had to iron it.
14
  • beneath
  • relay race
  • snug

knelt shimmered wrinkled
The elephant __________ so the man could get off.
15
  • beneath
  • knelt
  • relay race
  • shimmered
  • snug
  • wrinkled

Bear decided the cat door was a bit too
__________.
16
  • beneath
  • knelt
  • relay race
  • shimmered
  • snug
  • wrinkled

Sack racing is my favorite ______________.
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Character in Watermelon Day
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VOCABULARY CHECK
  1. - under
  2. - got down on knees
  3. - a running contest in which team members take
    turns running
  4. - tight or cozy
  5. - had many small folds
  6. - shone
  • knelt ___
  • snug ___
  • beneath__
  • wrinkled __
  • shimmered_
  • relay race__

B
D
A
E
F
C
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  • The End

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Watermelon Day Skills Links
  • Literacy Activities and Resources
  • Watermelon Day - Make Inferences (Harcourt)
  • Proper Nouns   (Harcourt)
  • Nouns (Harcourt)
  • Watermelon Day-Definition exercise
  • Matching Exercise
  • In Context
  • Predicting Outcomes/InferencesPredicting
    Outcomes/Inferences 2
  • Predicting Outcomes/Inferences 3
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Syllable - Games
  • Syllable Games 2
  • Consonants Digraphs - gn, kn, wr Word game

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Watermelon Sites
  • National Watermelon Information Board
  • Fun Facts about Watermelons
  • Wild About Watermelons!
  • Watermelon Mobile
  • Wendy Watermelon Fun sheet
  • Watermelon Theme
  • Watermelon Unit
  • Watermelon Day Webquest
  • Where do watermelons grow best in the United
    States?
  • More sites on (Note Teachers Might want to
    check ahead to find working sites.)
  • Watermelons Sites by Zwolle Elementary School Site
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