1. STONE SOUP

2. OBJECTIVES TODAY WE WILL…. Visualize (use mental imagery) as we read
Make Inferences
Use academic language: inference
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3. VOCABULARY REVIEW Guests Banquet Agreeable Curiosity Untrusting Gaze
People who come to visit or share a meal
Banquet
A large meal for an important event or holiday
Agreeable
Pleasant or nice
Curiosity
Something that is strange or unusual
Untrusting
Not trusting in someone or something
Gaze
Long, steady look
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4. STRATEGY: Visualize
Visualizing helps you understand what you have just read
You use descriptions in the story to picture events, characters, or the setting
Make a “Mind Movie” as you read
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5. SKILL: Make Inferences
What does it mean when you make inferences? Why do you make them?
Authors don’t always tell us everything that takes place in a story.
We must make inferences to figure out what was left out
To do this, We use story clues and our own experiences; we become Detectives!
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6. PREVIEW & PREDICT
When I say “Go”, take 1 minute to preview the illustrations.
Ask yourself:
What do you think stone soup is?
On your index card, write your predictions and anything else you want to know about the story. We will check
your predictions after we listen to
the story.
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7. FOCUS QUESTION Read to find out…
What lesson does making stone soup teach the people in the village?
NOW you will read along as we listen to….
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9. Let’s Check our Predictions!
Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your predictions. Were they correct?
Did you guess what Stone Soup was?
What lesson did the people of the village learn while making the soup?
How did visualizing and making inferences help us understand the story?
TOMORROW WE WILL…
Use our inference map to answer our “Comprehension Check” questions on page 307.
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10. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT….
Have you even eaten a meal with many family members or another large group of people?
What was it like?
Write about it in your journals during Daily 5.
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