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Guided Reading Lesson Plan Book Title:Four-Legged Friends Genre: Author:Story Collection Level: O X Fiction __ Non-Fiction __ Poetry

Vocabulary: shelter servants possessions Sight Words:

Introduce The third story in this book Four-Legged Friends is a fairytale. Fairytales Text are often rags to riches or happily ever after stories. Good readers automatically think about the plot of the story as they read. Today as we read this story, think about the elements that make up this story. As you are reading make mental notes about where on a story map you would write the ideas as you come to them. The elements of fiction are Characters, Setting, Conflict, Plot events, and the resolution. Read Text- Students read silently; teacher listens to individual students/conferences Record Reading Behaviors Discuss Discuss the story elements and complete a story map. Meaning What kind of person is Dick Whittington? What actions help define his character?

Mr. Fitzwarren is very giving but then changes his character a bit. How? Teach for identify any reading behaviors and correct any issues with the group Processing Strategies Day 2 Guided Reading Lesson Plan Book Title:Four-Legged Friends Day 4 Genre: Author:Story Collection Level: O X Fiction __ Non-Fiction __ Poetry

Vocabulary: open range hooting drawled Sight Words: done English road half ten

Introduce The last story in Four-Legged Friends is a Tall Tale A tall tale is a story Text that is a fictional story and is full of exaggeration. The characters are usually “larger than life”. Good readers automatically think about the plot of the story as they read. Today as we read this story, think about the elements that make up this story. As you are reading make mental notes about where on a story map you would write the ideas as you come to them. The elements of fiction are Characters, Setting, Conflict, Plot events, and the resolution.

Last update 09/2011 Discuss Discuss the story elements and complete a story map. Meaning How does this story fit as a tall tale?

Is there a lesson that can be learned from this story?

Why does the Slim say his dog isn’t that smart?

Teach for identify any reading behaviors and correct any issues with the group Processing Strategies Day 3 Guided Reading Lesson Plan Book Title:Four-Legged Friends Genre: Author:Story Collection Level: O X Fiction __ Non-Fiction __ Poetry

Vocabulary: twitched sound words throughout the Sight Words: story Somebody

Introduce Four-Legged Friends is a book of fictional short stories all about animals Text that are pets. Think about why people have pets…I know that when I was growing up, we used to joke with my mom that she treated our dog, Coco, better than she did us. My mom loved our dog! Good readers automatically think about the plot of the story as they read. Today as we read this story, “The Ears of Mandy”, think about the elements that make up this story. The elements of fiction are Characters, Setting, Conflict, Plot events, and the resolution. Discuss Let’s complete this story map to be sure that we recognized the plot of Meaning this story.

Who is Somebody? Why do you think the author gave this character this name?

Why do you think Mandy is the one doing all the listening in the story?

Why did the author use italics to identify the noises Mandy hears? Teach for identify any reading behaviors and correct any issues with the group Processing Strategies Day 4 Guided Reading Lesson Plan Genre: Book Title:Four-Legged Friends X Fiction __ Non-Fiction __ Poetry Author:Story Collection Level: O

Vocabulary: jackal shivered companion Sight Words:

Introduce The second story in this book Four-Legged Friends is a folktale. Folktales Last update 09/2011 Text are stories that are passed down that have been told to explain why something is the way it is. This story is “Why Dogs and People Became Friends” Folktales can and are often exaggerations of the truth. In this case, the animals are talking. Sometimes animal characters in books are given voices. Good readers automatically think about the plot of the story as they read. Today as we read this story, think about the elements that make up this story. As you are reading make mental notes about where on a story map you would write the ideas as you come to them. The elements of fiction are Characters, Setting, Conflict, Plot events, and the resolution. Discuss Discuss the story elements and complete a story map. Meaning What kind of friends are the dog and jackal?

Is the reaction of the man one you would have expected? I think the man would’ve more likely acted scared of the wild animal, not selfish.

How does the dog show that he is not selfish or is he still selfish at the end of the story? Teach for identify any reading behaviors and correct any issues with the group Processing Strategies

Last update 09/2011