LESSON 30 TEACHER S GUIDE by Iris Littleman Fountas-Pinnell Level B Fiction Selection Summary One after another, various fantasy animals look in the costume box, choose something, and put it on. The lion looks in the box last and he puts on a crown. Number of Words: 66 Characteristics of the Text Genre Fiction Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features Third-person narrator Two sentences and a color illustration on each page Playing dress-up Animals behaving like human children Dressing in costumes is fun. It is fun to pretend to be someone different. Simple straightforward language Repetitive sentence pattern, changing only one word in each sentence Simple sentence structure: The looks in the box. She/He puts on the. Animal names: cat, dog, bear, fox, lion Clothing: hat, cape, boots, skirt, crown Easy high-frequency words repeated: looks, he, she, the Familiar one-syllable words supported by the pictures: box, puts, on Humorous illustrations support the text. Five pages, with two lines of text and one illustration on each page Generous spacing between words Characters and objects in pictures are labeled. 2006. 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 32819. Printed in the U.S.A. 978-0-547-30183-9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0940 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 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. K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 1 11/3/09 5:22:39 PM
by Iris Littleman Build Background Read the title to children and talk with them about the cover illustration. Ask them what they think the cat might be doing. Then ask: What kind of game is the cat playing? Have you played a game like this? What is a costume box? Front-Load Vocabulary Some everyday words may be unfamiliar to English learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: cat, box, hat, dog, cape, bear, boots, fox, skirt, lion, crown. Use the illustrations to reinforce the words. Introduce the Text Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary. Explain important text features, such as the repetition of the sentence patterns. Call attention to the labels. Here are some suggestions: Page 2: Explain that in this book, some animals play dress-up. On every page a different animal looks in the costume box and puts on part of a costume. Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Who is in the picture and what is he doing? Read the labels to fi nd out. You can tell that this is a cat. He is next to a costume box.the fi rst sentence reads: The cat looks in the box. Say looks. Looks begins with the /I/ sound. Find the word looks and put your fi nger under it. What does the cat put on from the box? The second sentence reads: He puts on the hat. Page 3: Turn to page 3. Who looks in the box on this page? Read the labels. You can see that the dog looks in the box. What does she put on? The sentence says: She puts on the cape. Say She. She begins with the /sh/ sound. Find She, put your fi nger under it and say it. What is the dog pretending to be? Maybe she thinks she is a super hero! Page 4: Remind children to use the pictures and labels to help them read. Look at the picture and read the labels. Who looks in the box on this page? What does he put on his feet? Now go back to the beginning and read to fi nd out how all the animals have fun playing with the costume box. Words to Know he looks she the 2 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 2 11/3/09 5:22:46 PM
Read Now have children read softly while pointing under each word. Observe children as they read. Respond to the Text Personal Response Ask children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting. Suggested language: Which of the costumes would you like to wear? Why? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text Each animal looks in the costume box. Each animal puts on one piece of clothing. It is fun to dress up and pretend to be someone different. It is good to use your imagination. The animals behave like human children. The writer repeats the same sentences. The ending is different because all the animals gather around the lion when he dresses like a king. 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Choices for Support Concepts of Print Practice early reading behaviors such as distinguishing between text and illustrations, and understanding the purpose of print in reading and writing. Phonemic Awareness and Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities: Beginning Sounds Materials: pairs of words. Have children raise their hands if the words begin with the same sound, and keep their hands in their laps if the beginning sound is different. Say pairs of words, for example, cat/hat; cat/cape; bear/boots; lion/ looks; puts/fox; crown/cape; box/fox. ABC Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children choose letters and put them in ABC order. Magnetic Words Materials: upper and lowercase magnetic letters. Have children use magnetic letters to make the words he and she one or two times. 3 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 3 11/3/09 5:22:53 PM
Writing About Reading Critical Thinking Read the directions for children on BLM 30.9 and guide them in answering the questions. Responding Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities. Target Comprehension on Skill Understanding Characters Remind children that stories have characters that do things. Characters can be people or animals. Telling about what the characters do can help you understand the characters. Model how to tell about characters: Think Aloud The bear is a character in this story. The bear puts on boots. He wants to be a cowboy. The lion is another character. He puts on a crown. He wants to be a king! That s what I can tell about those two characters. Practice the Skill Have children name another character from the story and tell about him or her. Writing Prompt Read aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6. Think about the animals in the story. Draw a picture of one of the animals wearing something different from the costume box. Write about the animal s costume. 4 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 4 11/3/09 5:23:02 PM
English Language Learners Cognates Point out that the similarities between the following English and Spanish words from the story: cat/gato; lion/león; crown/corona. You may also wish to have children use the audio or online recording. Oral Language Development Check the 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: Point to the cat. Speaker 2: [Points to cat] Speaker 1: Point to the box. Speaker 2: [Points to box] Speaker 1: Point to the lion. Speaker 2: [Points to lion] Speaker 1: Name one animal in the book. Speaker 2: Possible answers: cat, dog, bear, fox, lion Speaker 1: Name something an animal puts on. Speaker 2: Possible answers: hat, cape, boots, skirt, crown Speaker 1: Where do the animals get their costumes? Speaker 2: They get them from the costume box. Speaker 1: What does the lion pretend to be? Speaker 2: The lion pretends to be a king. Name Date Lesson 30 BLACKLINE MASTER 30.9 Children read the word groups and circle the one that answers the question. 1. What does the cat put on? the cape the hat the boots Children draw a picture of what they would dress up as and label it. 2. Read directions to children.. All rights reserved. 11, Unit 6: Look at Us 5 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 5 11/3/09 5:23:11 PM
Name Date Think about the animals in the story. Draw a picture of one of the animals wearing something different from the costume box. Write about the animal s costume. 6 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 6 11/3/09 5:23:21 PM
Name Date Children read the word groups and circle the one that answers the question. 1. What does the cat put on? Lesson 30 BLACKLINE MASTER 30.9 the cape the hat the boots Children draw a picture of what they would dress up as and label it. 2. 7 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 7 11/3/09 5:23:34 PM
Student LEVEL B Date Lesson 30 BLACKLINE MASTER 30.13 Running Record Form page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections 2 The cat looks in the box. He puts on the hat. 3 The dog looks in the box. She puts on the cape. 4 The bear looks in the box. He puts on the boots. 5 The fox looks in the box. She puts on the skirt. 6 The lion looks in the box. He puts on the crown! Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read correctly/55 100) % Self-Correction Rate (# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections) 1: 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 0 1413506 8 Lesson 30: K_301839_ELL_LRTG_L30_DressingUp.indd 8 12/4/09 11:43:45 PM