1. Unit 1 Lesson 4 Story Hour – Starring Megan
Sharing Stories
Unit 1 Lesson 4
Story Hour – Starring Megan

2. Word Knowledge before sleeps read library loved picked watered scared
learning thinking screaming crying
stand stuck story spend

3. Fluency We will meet the rest of our family at noon.
The children all clapped and cheered.
I was stuck in the chair and could not stand.

4. Building Background
Have you ever attended a library or other story telling event?
What was it like?
Many public libraries have story hours where Librarians and other volunteers read stories. They sometimes even have readers theaters!
How about reading to a younger person. How did that make you feel?
Say, “come and give me a (mumble hug). Does it sound like bug?

5. Background Information
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Characters do things that real people and animals might do. Realistic.
Places in the story are real or seam real. Also realistic!
The story tells about things that could really happen BUT haven’t. Fiction.

6. Clues, Problems and Wonderings

7. Vocabulary
Librarian
A person who works in a library (pg. 62)

8. Vocabulary
Assistant
A person who helps (pg. 62)

9. Vocabulary
Calm
To make quiet and still (pg. 71)

10. Vocabulary
Patient
Willing to wait (pg. 72)

11. Vocabulary
Amazement
Great surprise (pg. 74)

12. Vocabulary
Mistake
Something that is not done right (pg. 74)

13. Comprehension Strategies Good Readers…
Make Connections
Use their own experiences to better understand the characters’ feelings and actions
“This reminds me of…”
“That part made me think of…”
Make Predictions
Guess what will happen next based on what you have read or heard.
“I predict that ___ will happen…”
“I think ______ will happen…”