Got him!
I just watched this!
All right!
Watch your first spaceship, Ruby!
Watch your first spaceship!
I told you
you should have watched out for this spaceship. How many points do I get?
Great! I win! Want to play again? I think I'm going to play that new game. Where's the war first?
We'll have to wait till Darth Vader over there is fast.
Let's play this one again. No, you always win.
Anyways, that's what we'll be leaving in a few minutes. Yeah, we don't know how to play with Wizard of War.
So, parts of what I probably will like are the games you play.
Here's what we already know and figure out the rest.
You told my Mrs. Freemish. She was saying the same thing yesterday.
She was talking about video games? I don't remember that.
You know, once you were talking about reading how you connect what you already know with what's on the page, tell him to understand it better? Huh?
Well, something like that.
Well, Darth Vader's done.
Shoot him out of quarters. I'll go get some more from Dad. He will save the game.
The story lords. I thought it was Wizard of War.
Black Zor! What are you doing here?
I should ask the same of you, my child. Even an apprentice story lord must remember his duty at all times.
What do you mean?
The ring. Where is the ring?
It's in my pocket, I think, somewhere.
Here it is.
It's glowing. It's glowing.
And has been for two hours. You are needed, my child, hurry. For Zul must be stopped, or both her planets will be lost.
Hey, come back for a sec. Who did it happen to?
Just myself.
Well, guess what? The answer is that we have to go. He says that we can play this next time.
That's okay. I just remembered something. I've got it to it. Right away. Let's go!
Let's go.
Now, read the magic form, pedal as fast as I can.
Thunder and lightning, trumpets and drums, readers rejoice as story lord comes.
Hi.
Marco?
My name is Norbert. I've come to help you.
I know you may find this hard to believe, but it's true. I'm going to print a story lord sent here to the land of Moshu to combat the wicked story lord Thor Azul.
It's true, really.
Cross my heart and hope to die.
Now, what seems to be in trouble here?
For Zul, that's not hard to figure out.
Give me the scroll.
Why didn't you perform what was written on the scroll?
You couldn't understand it.
For Azul?
Said he would turn you to stone if you didn't perform as he wished.
That's for Azul for you. A real Mr. Nice guy. How long till he comes back?
24 hours. One day.
Let's take a look at the scroll.
It floats on the wind. You stand on the ground. If you pull it's tail, it won't make a sound.
Don't worry, Marco. I know someone who can help.
Make your bad kids a mile after school.
Oh.
Today is found on page 103 of the reading books.
It's opening books to page 103.
But before we talk about this story, does anyone remember what we talked about yesterday?
Simon?
About connecting what's in our head with what's on the page when we read something.
Good. Do you all remember that? Norbert? How about you? Something wrong?
No. I was just thinking of a friend who needs help understanding something he has to read right away.
Well, maybe you can help him after this class.
I sure hope so.
Usually, a book uses many pictures and words to tell a story.
But there's a special kind of book that tells a story only with pictures, no words at all.
That's the kind of book we're going to look at today.
Amy?
How we know what the story is.
We'll be able to tell the story by looking for clothes in the picture and thinking about what we see.
About what the characters are doing. About what they might be thinking.
Or saying. Where they are. All those things.
I think you'll be surprised at how much of the story you can figure out just by looking at the picture.
Now, let's look at the title page.
What do you see?
Jason?
Okay, if I move more time.
Good.
Now, if I tell you that this story is called the kites adventure.
Can you guess what it's going to be about?
It looks like someone will go over the kite.
And now it flies all over the place by itself.
Very good.
You both looked at the pictures and used your imaginations to figure out the story.
Now, let's look at the first page of the story and we're going to do just the same thing.
We're going to use our imaginations to connect the clues we see in the pictures with what's in our head.
What we already know.
Just like you can add two pieces of a puzzle.
That's right. I think you'll be amazed at how much information you can get from just one simple picture.
Do we just look at it?
Yes and no. Some of the information is on the page.
But a lot of it is in your head.
Let's take a look at the first picture and I think you'll see what I mean.
Now, here's the sun. That's one clue in this story.
What does that tell us?
It's daytime.
Good.
What are some other clues you might see and what do they tell us?
It's warm out.
He's wearing a t-shirt and shorts.
It's summer. The leaves are green.
And the flowers are hot.
Good. So it's a warm summer day and the boy is flying his kite.
Now, what do you think is going to happen next?
Norbert.
I think the kite string will break and the kite will fly away.
What clues made you think that?
Because you can tell it's a windy day.
His hair's blowing in his eyes and the trees are bent and on the title page it shows a kite flying by itself.
Let's find out if you're right.
Very good.
You got clues from the picture.
You put them together with what's in your head and you figured out the story.
You made connections between what you saw in the picture and what's in your head.
Holy, holy.
It's a marble can solve his riddle.
You have to connect what's on the page with what's in your head.
Listen, it floats on the wind.
What things float on the wind?
A bird?
An airplane?
A cloud?
You stand on the ground. That's pretty obvious.
If you pull its tail, it won't make a sound.
Couldn't be a bird, could it?
It can't be an airplane because you can't pull its tail and it'll pull you.
What else floats and has a tail you can pull while you stand on the ground?
I think you've got it.
And just in time.
Milk breath is royal badness for Zul.
Thank you.
Well, well, well.
It isn't our half-point friend from the land of the mortals interfering again, hey?
Not interfering. Help it.
You're about as helpful as an ant colony to picnic.
Milk breath?
Our collection shall soon have two new statues.
Or should I say one and a half?
Well, Marco, enough of this idle chit-chat.
I'm ready for your performance.
Begin or be stoned.
But you can't. It's impossible.
You figured out my ribble.
He just connected what he read on the page with what was already in his head, like any good reader does.
You. I'll get you.
Let's catch me first.
Oh!
What are you waiting for? Get me out of here!
Thanks for watching!