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Provides oral language development in warm-up
activities.
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Introduces story with activities that develop oral
language and concepts about print.
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Frontloads key vocabulary of story.
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Involves students in prereading activities, such as
making predictions about the story by looking at
the illustrations and by picture reading the story.
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Allows for more vocabulary development by
having students perform closing activities involving
development of oral fluency.
Q
Includes activities in the Teacher’s Guide targeting
the three proficiency levels of Beginning,
Intermediate, and Advanced while students read
the story.
Q
Contains suggestions in the Teacher’s Guide for
the teacher to introduce and practice two reading
comprehension skills while students read the story.
Q
Provides opportunities for the development of oral
fluency and reading comprehension by reviewing and
checking the story read in the Student Book.
Q
Includes activities in the Teacher’s Guide for different
modalities of learning, multiple intelligences, and
closing activities involving personal response.
Q
Involves students in literary response activities in the
Teacher’s Guide by having them complete graphic
organizers, such as story charts, by having them retell
the story, and by having them act out the story.
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Unit 1
Checking
A
Choose the correct answer.
1.
This story is about a boy named …
a.
Alex
b.
Amir
c.
Carmen
d.
Mr. Jackson
2.
Which sentence is not true?
a.
Carmen and Amir go to the same school.
b.
Carmen and Amir are in the same class.
c.
Carmen and Amir go on a treasure hunt.
d.
Carmen and Amir find only one object.
3.
Mr. Jackson gave Amir and Carmen a prize because …
a.
he liked his students.
b.
he was in a new school.
c.
Amir and Carmen found all the objects in different
parts of the school.
d.
Amir and Carmen were friends.
4.
Why does Amir want to go to school tomorrow?
a.
Amir wants to spend time on the playground.
b.
Amir wants to see Carmen and his other new friends.
c.
Amir wants to make his mother happy.
d.
Amir is afraid of his mother.
B
Answer the Critical Thinking questions in complete sentences.
1.
Is Carmen someone you would like to have as a friend?
Why or why not?
2.
Amir was unhappy about going to a new school.
Then, he was happy. What caused him to change his mind?
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Unit 1
Reflecting
A
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1.
How would you make Amir feel welcome
if he was a new student at your school?
2.
Carmen said to Amir,
“
I
’
m your buddy.
”
What does it mean to be a
buddy
?
B
Think about going to a new school. Write sentences
to describe things that would make you feel happy
or unhappy. Read your sentences to the class.
Summarizing
A
Fill in the three-column chart to make a Plot graphic organizer.
B
Use the information in your graphic organizer to write a summary
of the story. Share your summary with the class.
1.
In the first column describe how Amir feels at the beginning
of the story.
2.
In the second column draw or describe events that happen during
the school day.
3.
In the third column describe how Amir feels at the end of the story.
Amir is not happy.
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Amir arrives at school. He’s very unhappy now.
He really wants to go home. Then, he sees a girl.
She is smiling at him.
“Hi, Amir! My name’s Carmen. I’m your buddy,”
says the girl.
Amir is surprised. Carmen knows his name.
Carmen and Amir walk to their classroom together.
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Carmen opens the door to their classroom. “This is
Mr. Jackson, our teacher.”
“Good morning, Amir!” says Mr. Jackson. Amir is
really surprised that the teacher knows his name!
All the kids shout, “Hi, Amir! Welcome to our class!”
Amir is very surprised now. Everybody knows his name.
Spotlight on Reading
Unit 1
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Y
Key Words
Predicting
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1.
What does the title of the story tell you?
2.
What clues do the key words give you about the story?
3.
Where do you think the boy is going?
4.
Why do you think his mother is packing his backpack?
5.
How do you think the boy feels? Why?
buddy
classroom
treasure hunt
playground
backpack
eraser
pencil case
gym
cafeteria
ruler
main office
notebook
Unit 1
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Today is Monday and it is Amir’s first day at
his new school. Amir is not happy. He is very upset
with his mom.
“I don’t want to go to school!” he cries. “I don’t
have any friends there. I don’t know anybody and
nobody knows me.”
“You have to go to school today,” says Amir’s mom.
“Okay,” says Amir, “but I’m not going tomorrow!”
Written by April Pulley
Illustrated by Wally Rodríguez
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