1. Lesson 15 Good Readers: Make Connections Text-to-Self Expectations: 1. Listen carefully 2. Work hard 3. Be responsible

2. Review: Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Good readers can remember what they've read and retell the main points. They can summarize what they have read.

3. Spelling: 'ol' pattern Even with one vowel 'o' the sound of 'ol' has a long 'o' sound. Example: fold mold told hold goldcoldboldold bold

4. Spelling: 'ol' pattern Read these sentences with me. I will fold this gold poster. I see mold on this old apple. I told the host I was cold. I will tie the old goat to the post.

5. Good Readers Determine purpose Predict Ask questions Draw conclusions Read for a purpose Think about author's choices Make connections

6. Good Readers: Make Connections Text-to-self This story reminds me of... Good readers make connections between the story and things that happen in their own life. I felt like the character before when I... I remember when I...

7. Good Readers: Make Connections _____ reminds me of... This part of the book is like... Have you ever felt... I remember when... I know how the character felt... The setting reminds me.... The picture reminds me... This makes me think of a time... This part gives me a memory of... The book reminds me of...

8. Good Readers: Make Connections THE BOYS AND THE FROGS By: Aesop Some Boys were playing one day at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of frogs. The Boys amused themselves by throwing stones into the pond so as to make them skip on top of the water.

9. Good Readers: Make Connections The stones were flying thick and fast and the boys were enjoying themselves very much; but the poor frogs in the pond were trembling with fear.

10. Good Readers: Make Connections At last one of the frogs, the oldest and bravest, put his head out of the water, and said, "Oh, please, dear children, stop your cruel play! Though it may be fun for you, it means death to us!" STOP!

11. Good Readers: Make Connections Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness.

12. Good Readers: Make Connections Text: Connections: The BoysText-to-self And the Frogs

13. Good Listener Eyes are watching. Ears are listening. Lips are closed. Hands are still. Feet are quiet.

14. Read Aloud: What connections do you have as I read this chapter? Book: Magic Tree House #6 Afternoon on the Amazon By: Mary Pope Osborne Chapter 9: The Thing

15. Assignment: 1. Choose three 'ol' words to use in a sentence. Illustrate each sentence. 2. In your journal write two things from the chapter that reminded you of something in your life. Example: A time you lost something like when Annie couldn't find the Pennsylvania book.

16. A, B, C,D, E, Second grade is the place to be. F, G, H, I, J, We do our best every day. K, L, M, N, O, Reading, writing, watch us grow. P, Q, R, S, T, Becoming authors, watch and see. U, V, W, X, Y, It's our goal to try, try, try. We finish with the letter Z, School is cool. We all agree. Class Moto