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My child you must wake my child
like so it's still in the morning my child tomorrow you will undergo your
greatest challenge I can't go to Moses tomorrow I've got classes all day and
then I have to take Mandy to the dentist you won't have to go to Moses it will
come to you good luck with my child
are you all finished reading okay you make closure books just leave them on
your desks today we're going to do something a little different in reading
class over the past year you've learned many ways to help you understand better
what you read let's look at these passages on the board and try to figure
out how to use what you've learned to understand them Angie will you read the
first passage please Frank took the bus to Bill's house it was large and very
warm inside those cousins go there too thank you Angie does anyone have a
problem understanding this passage Jason I can't tell what the word it stands for
okay what should you do to understand this passage well I stopped and we read
it to see if I could understand it then I checked back and see what the word it
could stand for did you do that uh-huh I think that it stands for bus but when I
read the paragraph the way it doesn't make sense could you show us what you
mean Jason well it would read Frank took the bus to Bill's house the bus was
large and very warm inside Bill's cousins loved it too I mean they couldn't
live in a bus oh wait a minute I get it it stands for Bill's house that way the
sentence makes sense do you all agree with Jason very good Jason well done now
let's move on to the second paragraph Norbert will you read it for us please but
yeah I don't know that word have any of you seen this word before I think I
can figure it out or else I won't understand this paragraph tell us what
you're going to do to figure out what this word means well first I'll read on
to look for clues but yeah it floated quietly in the bay the captain and the
crew swept below the deck the ocean race would start at dot I think I know what
it means what clues did you find well first it says it's floating in the
bay so I figured it must have something to do with the water and then it says it
has a captain and a crew so I knew it must be a boat and then it says they're
all sleeping on it and it's going to be in the ocean race I've seen pictures of
boats that go on the ocean and they're big so I think a yatch it is a big boat
very good Norbert you're right you looked for clues you thought about what
you already know and you figured out what this word meant how do you pronounce it
some of you may have heard this word before but not seen it it's pronounced
yacht now let's go on to the last paragraph Angie will you read it for us
please Fred is two years old he has whiskers he likes to eat fish he also
likes to chase mice and birds he only ever says one word good Angie Angie is
there something you don't understand I'm just trying to figure out what word he
says oh I know tell us how you figured it out well first I reread the paragraph
to make sure I understood all the words then I walked for clues what clues did
you find it says that Fred is two years old but he has whiskers so I figured it
wasn't a person maybe he's some sort of animal then it says he likes to eat fish
and also likes to chase mice and birds well we've got a cat and that's what a
cat does and the cat has whiskers so I know what the word he says is meow
very good Angie and I'm very proud of all of you you're becoming very good
readers you remember to think before you read and you think while you read
making sure that you understand what you're reading and you remember to use
what you already know and what you've learned to help you understand even
better you've all done good work now it's about time to go so put your books
away who will clean the board I will I have to wait for Mandy anyway thank you
Norbert I'll be back in a few minutes class dismissed
so what are you going to do after school today Mary
I'm going to be hurry up we can't get the dentist waiting for us I'm hurrying
I'm hurrying
let's wear and what is there's a motorcycle outside that looks exactly like
for us what would he be done nothing direct from his castle in the land of
mo juice his royal badness no one and only for
greetings earthlings
this framers is not gonna like this but but one more buttoned you'll be a
billigo I've come here to challenge both of you to a duel a duel to the
finish if you win you'll never see me again but if I win you will be permanent
exhibits in my statue collection milk breath the envelope please if you think
you're such good readers try to make sense out of these you have three
minutes milk breath guard the door
how can we do this without our store load gloves the store load power is not in
the gloves it's in our own brains now we don't have much time
the smallest the falcon that weighs barely two ounces that's like the
difference between you and an elephant hacks and the relatives very in size it's
largest cousin the harpy ego can weigh more than 15 pounds doesn't look good
two minutes well if it's a paragraph then it must have a topic sentence yeah let's
look for a main idea of all these sentences well some of them say stuff
about birds and one says something about an elephant but they're all about
different sizes that's what this one's about make a number one
hmm what's next
one minute can't be the one about the elephant that one makes sense only one
that says the one about the falcon that it must be some sort of a small hog 30
seconds
put the one with about the elephant next is that right
hoxing the relatives very in size the smallest the falcon that weighs barely
two ounces that's like the difference between you and an elephant it's largest
cousin if we left it like this one it stands through an elephant in the
elephant's largest cousin can be a bird then it must stand through this one if
an eagles it's cousin it must be a bird too you're right three finished read it
oh hoxing relatives vary in size the smallest the falcon that weighs barely
two ounces it's largest cousin the harpy ego can weigh more than 15 pounds that's
like the difference between you and an elephant
I don't believe it your royal badness or would you like some warm milk
you've won you've beaten me
you're royal badness
Robert what's going on here
we needed you about five minutes ago no my children you didn't need me you
have become story lords on your own and as long as you keep using what you've
learned to help you understand what you read you will never have to fear the
ignorance of those such as those all well I guess we should thank you or
something no don't thank me thank your fellow story lord who's worked undercover
here on earth to help you and others like you become full fledged story
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this is a famous story card holy come on
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