Fountas-Pinnell Level M Realistic Fiction

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1 LESSON 16 TEACHER S GUIDE by Sharon Richards Fountas-Pinnell Level M Realistic Fiction Selection Summary Children voluntarily part with their treasured collections of stamps, baseball cards, and butterflies so that they can be auctioned off to raise money to build a town pool. At the end of the auction, the children find out their friends parents have bought the various collections and that there is now enough money to build the pool. Number of Words: 866 Characteristics of the Text Genre Realistic fi ction Text Structure Simple, straightforward plot, organized chronologically Problem presented on second page. Content Children contribute to a fund-raising auction. Auction raises enough money to build a town pool. Themes and Ideas Donating for the public good can make a big difference. A swimming pool is a benefi t to people in a community. Language and Conversational language Literary Features Third-person narrator Sentence Complexity Mix of short and longer sentences Compound and complex sentences with phrases: If they raise enough money, the town can build the pool. Vocabulary Some terms related to raising money: account, auction, bidder, raise, budget, donate/ donated/donations, fund, loan Words Many multisyllabic words, some of which may be challenging: collection, complicated, construction, disappointed, restaurant, suggested, townspeople Illustrations Cartoon-like drawings support the text. Book and Thirteen pages of text with four-color illustrations on all pages Print Features Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding (discipline) Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets from this publication in classroom quantities for instructional use and not for resale. Requests for information on other matters regarding duplication of this work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Attn: Contracts, Copyrights, and Licensing, 9400 SouthPark Center Loop, Orlando, Florida Printed in the U.S.A If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format.

2 by Sharon Richards Build Background Help children think about ways a community might raise money to buy or build things they need, like a new playground or a swimming pool. Build interest by asking: Have you ever been to an auction or seen one in a movie or on TV? In an auction, the auctioneer sells something to the person who wants to pay the most money for it. Read the title and author and talk about the auction taking place in the illustration. Tell children that this is realistic fiction, so the characters will act like real people. Introduce the Text Guide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions: Page 2: Explain that this is a story about two boys, Lou and Carl, who are waiting for their town to build something special for the people who live there. Suggested language: Turn to the picture on page 2. What does the sign say is going to be built? Page 3: Direct children s attention to the illustration. Explain that this is Lou and Carl. Lou asks: When will the town start building the pool? Why do you think the boys want this project to be fi nished soon? Page 5: The illustration shows a town meeting. What is the subject of the meeting? Page 6: Explain that anyone from the town can speak at a town meeting. One woman asks: Why don t we have an auction? We can sell things to the highest bidder. That way we can raise money for the town pool. What kinds of things could a town sell at an auction? Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out if a pool is ever built in Carl and Lou s town. Expand Your Vocabulary auction a sale at which things are sold to those who offer to pay the most, p. 6 bidder - one who makes an offer for something at an auction, p. 6 collection something containing things that are collected or gathered, p. 9 donations things given, as to a charity, p. 7 project a plan, as for a building, p. 3 2 Lesson 16:

3 Read Have children read silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fluency as needed. Remind children to use the Infer/Predict Strategy about story parts. to figure out more Discuss and Revisit the Text Personal Response Invite children to share their personal responses to the story. Suggested language: Talk about something you collect. Do you think you would ever donate your collection to raise money? Why or why not? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, help children understand these points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text Everyone wants to see the town pool built, but there s not enough money in the budget. A town meeting decides to have an auction to raise money. The children donate their prized collections to the auction, and that helps raise enough money to build the pool. Children can have a part in raising money for community projects. When their collections were sold, the children proved that they had something that was worth money. When individuals work together, they can get something done for the community that benefits everyone Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. There is a twist to the ending because the children figure out how to get their collections back. The language and the plot sound very realistic, the way real people talk and act. The author includes details about town government. Choices for Further Support Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to act out or use for Reader s Theater. Remind them to pay attention to punctuation and to read their lines as naturally as possible. Comprehension Based on your observations of the children s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas. Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind children that certain word parts can appear in different words and always be pronounced the same way. Examples in the text are attention, auction, collection, and construction. Invite children to suggest other words that end with -tion. 3 Lesson 16:

4 Writing about Reading Critical Thinking Have children complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM Responding Have children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill. Target Comprehension Skill Story Structure Remind children that being able to identify setting, character, and plot can help them to remember where a story takes place, who is in it, and what happens. Model the skill, using a Think Aloud like the one below: Think Aloud The story chart on page 15 has a space for Characters. I m going to list the most important people in the story. That should include Carl and Lou because they help to solve the problem in the story. The story setting is already on the chart: a town. Now, when I fill in the story details, I ll tell how the children helped their town. Practice the Skill Have children write one sentence that describes an adult character in the story. Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the Text Have children write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use what they know and their own experience to think about what happens in the story. Assessment Prompts Find the word on page 6 that means someone who makes an offer at an auction. Complete this sentence in your own words: The pool project was a success because. 4 Lesson 16:

5 Read directions to children. English Language Development Reading Support Pair advanced and intermediate readers to read aloud a few paragraphs of the story. Remind them to emphasize the narrator s conversational, informal voice. Cultural Support The story demonstrates the way many smaller towns in the United States decide important questions in a town meeting. Invite children to share their own experiences with decisions made together by a group. Oral Language Development Check children s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child. Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced Speaker 1: What project does the town want to finish? Speaker 2: building a town pool Speaker 1: Why do Carl and Lou want a pool? Speaker 2: They want to swim all summer. Speaker 1: Why wasn t the project started? Speaker 2: There wasn t enough money in the town budget. Speaker 1: Where is the money for building the pool coming from? Speaker 2: It s coming from an auction. Speaker 1: Why do the children offer their collections for the auction? Speaker 2: They want the pool so much that they re willing to give up their collections to get it. Speaker 1: How do the children hope to get their collections back? Speaker 2: They hope to trade with other families. Name Read and answer the questions. 1. What happens at the town meeting? Date Lesson 16 BLACKLINE MASTER How are the people in the story like people you know? 3. What might you give to help build a pool near where you live? Making Connections What are some of the ways people in your community or school work together to raise money? Why do they need to raise money? Write your answer in your Reader s Notebook., Unit 4: Heroes and Helpers 5 Lesson 16:

6 Name Date Thinking Beyond the Text Think about the question below. Then write your answer in one or two paragraphs. At the end of the story Carl says, And we ll get our collections back, too! Do you think that will really happen? Use details from the story to explain the reasons for your opinion. 6 Lesson 16:

7 Name Read and answer the questions. 1. What happens at the town meeting? Date Lesson 16 BLACKLINE MASTER How are the people in the story like people you know? 3. What might you give to help build a pool near where you live? Making Connections What are some of the ways people in your community or school work together to raise money? Why do they need to raise money? Write your answer in your Reader s Notebook. 7 Lesson 16:

8 Student Date Lesson 16 BLACKLINE MASTER LEVEL M Running Record Form page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections 3 Lou asked, When will the town start building the pool? Do you think we ll be able to swim this summer? Carl answered, I don t know. My mom says there s not enough money in the town budget to pay for the pool project. 4 Lou looked disappointed. We might never get to swim, he said. We ll have to wait and see, said Carl. There s a town meeting tomorrow night. My mom says people want to start a fund for the pool project. If they raise enough money, the town can build the pool. Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read correctly/91 100) % Total Self- Corrections Behavior Code Error Read word correctly cat 0 Repeated word, sentence, or phrase Omission cat 0 cat 1 Behavior Code Error Substitution cut cat 1 Self-corrects cut sc cat Insertion the ˆcat 1 Word told T 1 cat Lesson 16: