Suki’s Kimono

By Chieri Uegaki

Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

Comprehension Skill: Compare/Contrast

Comprehension Strategy: Predict

Concept vocabulary

• Familiar – well known

**The story was familiar to me.

• Murmur a soft, steady sound that rises and falls a little and goes on without breaks

**There was a murmur of excitement in the class.

• Shreds very little bits; scraps

**I dropped the glass and shreds went everywhere!

Vocabulary

CottonFestivalGraceful

HandkerchiefPacesPale

RhythmSnug

cotton

• Cloth made from soft, white fibers that grow in branches on the cotton plant

festival

• A program of entertainment often held annually

graceful

• Beautiful in form or movement

handkerchief

• A soft, usually square piece of cloth used for wiping your nose, face or hands

paces

• steps

pale

• Not bright; dim

rhythm

• The natural strong beat that some music or poetry has

snug

Fitting your body closely

Vocabulary Comprehension

• Did Suki’s grandmother take her to a festival or a playground?

• Is Suki’s kimono made of cotton or silk?• Do you hold a handkerchief in your hand or in

your mouth?• Do dancers move with rhythm or rhyme?• Are Suki’s dance movements graceful or

clumsy? • Did Suki and her grandmother go to a festival or

a store?

More Words to Know

• Approve – to think well of something; to favor something

**The teacher will approve of your work.• Ignored – paid no attention to**We ignored the noise in the hallway.• Straightening – to make straight; to

uncurl**I am straightening my hair for the beauty

pageant.

Complete the sentence:

1) We have a Strawberry _________ every year in May.

2) The band kept _______ while they marched.

3) In the south, farmers grow _______ .

It is used to make clothing.

4) The swan was _______ as it glided through the water.

Complete the sentence:

• 5) He had been very sick and looked very _______.

• 6) The Army ________ in rhythm: left, right, left, right.

• 7) My grandfather keeps a _________ in his suit coat pocket in case he sneezes.

• 8) I feel ______ under the blanket.

SUPER!