Challenging Words

CHALLENGING WORDS

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SUMMARY

Was the cafeteria really underwater for a week when the custodian tried to fix the leak? Read and find out.

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(1) Retell the story in your own words. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Did you like the story?

(2) Imagine you were the custodian, how would you feel if kids or people were making up stories about you? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Why?

(3) Imagine you where one of the kids from the story, why are you making up this story? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Who started it?

(4) Compare this to a time you made stories up about somebody, what happened? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Did you apologize?

(5) What is a custodian? (Answer) Someone who cleans and maintains a building. (Follow Up) Who is custodian at your school?

(6) Where does the custodian lurk? (Answer) Dark caverns beneath the school. (Follow Up) What does lurk mean?

(7) What does the custodian have that has big white eyes and metal teeth? (Answer) A fire breathing dragon. (Follow Up) Where do dragons live? Are they real?

(8) What were the seasons like in the school? (Answer) Summers were boiling hot and winters were freezing cold. (Follow Up) Why were they like this?

(9) What did Freddy say followed Fester everywhere? (Answer) Flies. (Follow Up) Why do you think flies followed him?

(10) What did the custodian really look like? (Answer) He has lots of keys on a ring, he opens lockers, smiles, and whistles. (Follow Up) Was he a nice guy after all? Activities

1. Write your own Black Lagoon story. The ______from the Black Lagoon.

2. List some things the children said about the custodian.

3. A custodian has a lot of jobs at a school. Make a list of all the things you think the custodian is responsible for at your school.

4. Who is your custodian(s)? Write down their name(s) and write a short paragraph describ- ing them.

Introduction

1. Ask the children if they know what a custodian is. Discuss. Today’s book is entitled, The Custodian from the Black Lagoon.

2. Have the word “CUSTODIAN” on a sheet of paper. Ask the children if they know what a custodian does. Discuss. Today we will read The Custodian from the Black Lagoon.

3. Have a list of jobs that need to be done around the School, i.e. take out trash, sweep and mop floors, clean restrooms, etc. Ask the students whom they think does these jobs at school. Where do you think the custodian lives? In our story today, we are going to read about the custodian from the Black Lagoon.

Book Title: The Custodian from the Black Lagoon Author: Mike Thaler Illustrator: Jared Lee ISBN: 0-439-18874-1 # of Text Pages: 23 AR: 3.5 LEX: 610 Building Oral Vocabulary 1 custodian 6 Frankenstein 12 mechanically Prediction Questions 1 Why do you think the children are afraid of the custodian? 7 What do you think they will say about him next? 27 Do you think Mr. Smudge is really that bad?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service