1. Get Ready to Read How can different generations be resources? Turn to the View from Saturday. 1.How do Noah’s grandparents act as resources to Noah and his parents? 2.How is Noah a resource to Margaret Draper and Izzy Dimondstein? 3.How can a family member from a different generation be a resource? 4.What can you learn from the experiences of other generations? 5.How can you help a family member of another generation?

2. Get Ready to Read Amazing Words Use the following amazing words to talk about how different generations can be resources: 1.Native American 2.Indian-ness 3.Appreciate 4.Occasion 5.Congregate 6.Supervision 7.Caretaker 8.Dependent 9.Biological 10.Domiciles

3. Read and Comprehend Plot and Theme What is the plot of a story? What is the theme of a story? 1.How do Noah’s actions on pages 198-199 relate to the story’s theme? 2.Grandpa Nate takes a picture of the wedding cake after it is completed. Why do people take pictures of things that have taken a lot of time and effort to create? 3.After Allen trips over the wagon handle, Noah describes how the cake looks before he tells how Allen looks. Do you think you would have focused on the cake first?

4. Read and Comprehend Antonyms Turn to page 186. How do you use antonyms as context clues? 1.What words or phrases are clues that point to opposites? 2.Look at the word presentable on page 201. How can you determine the meaning of “looked totally presentable” using “someone he had to apologize for”? 3.Noah decides not to tell Izzy Diamonstein what happened to the couple of top of the cake. How does his decision relate to the theme of the story? 4.Noah views his grandparents with a mixture of love, respect and amusement. How do you look at older relatives and their way of life? 5.Noah’s grandparents live in a community in which other retired people support each other. What do you think about this model for growing older?

5. Read and Comprehend Read An A For Effort 1.What is Evan’s central problem as the story begins? 2.How would you summarize the events in An A for Effort? 3.What is an antonym for decline? 4.How does Evan’s central problem build to a larger problem?

6. Language Arts Contractions and Negatives Contraction – shortened form of two words Apostrophe – used to show where one or more letters have been left out Negatives – words that mean no, or not Underline the contractions and circle the negatives in these sentences: 1.The apartment buildings should’ve been planned for a different site, but the planners weren’t thinking of the turtles. 2.We’ll begin the day with environmental education, even though we have never done that before. 3.You’d agree that nothing beats a day at lovely Green Pond.