1. What about me? by: ed young
Grade 3.1
Reading Street
Student Edition pgs

2. Team Talk
Before reading…preview the title and illustrations to predict what the story’s about. With your elbow buddy…share and discuss your prediction.
Teachers: Click to advance the definition of MYTH, after a class discussion.

3. With your elbow buddy…discuss what you know about fables.
Team Talk
With your elbow buddy…discuss what you know about fables.
A fable is…
a very short and often very old story that teaches a moral or lesson at the end.
Teachers: Click to advance the definition of MYTH, after a class discussion.

4. Vocabulary Book Sample
My Vocab. Book
Inside
Teachers: Here’s an optional lesson to accompany the introduction of new vocabulary. On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages, and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.
Back

5. Discovering Vocabulary
For each vocabulary word, complete your own circle map.
Page number from the text, on where you found the word.
Definition
chorus
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.
Using the word in your own sentence.
Illustration

6. Discovering Vocabulary
EXAMPLE:
Singers or speakers who perform as a group.
Pg. #
chorus
The chorus performed at the school assembly.

7. Selection Vocabulary:
carpenter carpetmaker
knowledge marketplace
merchant plenty
straying thread
Click PLAY when you’re ready for a review!

8. Someone who builds with wood.
Carpenter (noun)
Someone who builds with wood.

9. carpetmaker (noun)
A rug weaver.

10. Having information, facts, and ideas.
knowledge (noun)
Having information, facts, and ideas.

11. A place where people buy and sell.
Marketplace (noun)
A place where people buy and sell.

12. Someone who buys and sells goods.
Merchant (noun)
Someone who buys and sells goods.

13. plenty (adjective)
More than enough.

14. straying (adjective)
Wandering away.

15. thread (noun)
A fine twisted cord.

16. Now, try a vocabulary review!

17. What words did you discover?
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
While walking through town, we decided to stop by the __________ to buy some goods.
carpenter
carpetmaker
knowledge
marketplace
merchant
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 17

19. What words did you discover?
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
We donated bags of candy to the school, because we had __________ to share.
carpetmaker
knowledge
marketplace
merchant
plenty
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 19

21. What words did you discover?
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
It’s always nice to share new ___________ with others, especially when learning new things.
carpenter
carpetmaker
knowledge
merchant
straying
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 21

23. What words did you discover?
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
The ____________ began building a tree house for the neighborhood kids.
carpenter
carpetmaker
plenty
straying
thread
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 23

25. What words did you discover?
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
After the flood damage, the carpetmaker repaired our favorite living room rug using special _________.
carpenter
carpetmaker
knowledge
merchant
thread
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 25

27. marketplace
While walking through town, we decided to stop by the marketplace to buy some goods.

28. plenty
We donated bags of candy to the school, because we had plenty to share.

29. knowledge
It’s always nice to share new knowledge with others, especially when learning new things.

30. carpenter
The carpenter began building a tree house for the neighborhood kids.

31. thread
After the flood damage, the carpetmaker repaired our favorite living room rug using special thread.

32. I hope you enjoy reading…