Mailing

May Day 1 Pages 300-305

Day 1 Goals:

Play Guess the Covered Word

Infer answers

Find the main problem

Use details from the story

Make predictions

Infer the setting

Make connections

Let’s Get Started!

Guess the Covered Word

Don’t open your books just yet! Write the covered words on your follow along.Think of a brain picture for each word.

A Package for Larry

I like mailing packages to my brother Larry, who lives across the country. I bundled up some cookies and put them in a box. Then I attached a label with Larry’s address. My mom drove me to the train station. I watched as a forklift carted my package with hundreds of others to a waiting train. With the packages loaded, the conductor, the man in charge, signaled, and the cookies were on their way!

Infer- To answer a question using clues from the story

Do the motion for infer! (in your fur)

Now do the other motion for infer. Be a detective and look for those clues.

Example: The little girl put on her shiny, cherry red boots and grabbed an umbrella on the way out the door. She splashed in puddles under a rainbow filled sky.

What is the weather like? You just inferred!

Read paragraph one. Infer how do you think Ma feels. Stand up when you know.

Read page 302. Answer the following question on your follow along.

What is May’s main problem in the story? Use details from the story to explain your answer.

When you finish, reread until we discuss.

Who restated the question? Stand up on your chair if so!

Go Super Stars! Everyone firecracker cheer for restating!

Now underline the details from the story in your answer. That means it has to be words directly from the story. Most of the words in your answer should details from the story, other than the filler.

You might need to erase and include details from the text! Take the time right now to get your answer just right!

Let’s share answers!

Awesome answer: May’s main problem in the story is that she wants to stay a spell with Grandma Mary, but Grandma lives a million miles away in the rough old Idaho mountains. May needs money for the train and train tickets cost a dollar fifty five. May needs money and a job!

Predict how you think May is going to solve her problem. Share your prediction with at least two people.

Who can define setting? Make sure you include the words when and where in your answer.

Sometimes a story setting is stated, but at other times, we have to infer and look for clues in the story to figure it out.

Identify the setting of Mailing May. Infer with clues using the text on page 302 and the pictures in the rest of the story.

Web the words that describe the setting on your follow along. Off of each word, web the clue that helped you infer your answer.

Mailing May Setting

Word Inferred

Word Inferred

Word Inferred

Clue

Clue

Clue

Did you include any of the following words in your setting? If not, add them!

Mailing May Setting

Winter

Pictures of snow, jackets, and gloves

In the past

Pictures of old fashioned clothes

Idaho

The Idaho mountains are mentioned on page 302

The sixth paragraph says... “I must have looked pretty sad, because Mr. Alexander reached for a jar of peppermint sticks. The sweet, wintry taste didn’t do much to cheer me as I slogged my way home.”

What does the word slogged mean as it is used in the sentence? What clues from the story helped you figure out the meaning?

Meaning:___________________________________

Clue:______________________________________

Now stand up and slog around the room!

Read page 304.

Make two predictions with the page and record them on your follow along.

Be sure to include the text, your connection, and what kind of connection it is on the graphic organizer. (T-T, T-S. T-W)

If you get finished before we discuss, reread any page we have covered.

Take your paper and mix around the room, when the music stops find a group of two or three people.

Take turns sharing your favorite connection.

Repeat.

Close your books and let’s review!

Who is the main character in the story? Whisper the answer to me!

Show me the motion for infer.

Tell two important words that define setting to your shoulder partner.

Now predict what you think is going to happen tomorrow. Stand on your chair if you’d like to share your prediction with the class.