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Vocabulary for By Cynthia Rylant Meet the Author : • Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia, on June 6, 1954. She grew up with her mother and grandparents in Beaver, West Virginia. • Growing up, she liked comic books, pets, pajama parties, and the Beatles. • Now Cynthia Rylant lives in Oregon with her son and two cats. • "Playing is the greatest training you can have for being a writer." Meet the illustrator : • Mark Teague and his family live in upstate New York. He worked in a bookstore after college. His job was to set up the books for display. • The children's books made him remember his childhood. As a boy, he had written his own stories and drawn pictures for them. • Working in the bookstore inspired Mark Teague. He soon began his grown-up career as a writer and illustrator of children's books. • Today, he illustrates his own and other authors' books. Genre – Fiction Sometimes characters in fiction are funny. Look for: •Things that a character does or says that are funny. •Other funny parts of the story. Story Summary: Poppleton goes shopping for a bed and makes sure that he gets the perfect one. Pop Quiz • What does the author do? • He or she writes the stories. • What does the illustrator do? • He or she draws takes the pictures. 1. Put your reading book on your desk. 2.Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 263 in the back of your reading book.) 3.When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word. Brought brought brought - did bring The little boy brought his mom a 2 valentine. Read read read understood words by looking 1 Milly likes to read books. Few few few - not many Mrs. Mutner likes to go over a few of 3 her classroom rules. Boy boy boy - a young man The boy is taking his dog for a 4 walk. Head head - top part of body The legend says that Johnny Appleseed wore a pot on his head. 4 head • Say the words. • Read the sentences. • Fill in the blank. Sam wants to catch a _______ crickets so he can go fishing. brought few boy head read Betsy likes to ______ to her bears. few read brought head boy The ostrich buries his ______ in the sand. head read boy brought few Look what the tide ________ in. brought boy head read few read few brought boy head The _____ is walking in the rain. 1. brought - did bring 2. few - not many 3. boy - a young man 4. head - top part of body 5. read - understood words by looking Match the words to its meaning. 1. brought _ D A.- understood words by looking 2. boy __ C B.– not many 3. head __ E C.- a young man 4. read __ A 5. few __ B D.- did bring E.- top part of body Say the Sight Words brought head few those talk boy any were think elephant New words in the story: “Poppleton Everyday” decided buy closed since grown-up store certainly right asked saleslady smile followed biggest vast enormous size climbed edge both bottom air different twenty propped pillows crackers crumbs watched checked pardon Word Power That pig is no longer a boy, but he’s acting like one! I brought him a book. He read a few pages. I even brought him crackers. Look at him now! He is lying on his head. What is he doing? Anne Miller Web Links You should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking. Word Endings -ED and -ING Practice #1 1st Grade Language skills (Nouns Person, Place Or Thing, More with Nouns and Pronouns , Contraction, ABC Order, Rhyming Words, Describing Words (Adjectives), Sentences (Capitalization and Punctuation), Antonyms and Synonyms) Describing Words That Compare Troublesome Words More Troublesome Words Vocabulary Practice: Which word fits? 1 Which word fits? 2 Story Practice: Poppleton Every Day 1 Poppleton Every Day 2 Fun links for “Poppleton Everyday” • Farms: Pigs • The Joy of Pigs – videos on pigs • Ziggy and Flower's Bedtime (Popbelly pigs) • POT BELLY PIG PICTURES • Charlotte's Web website • Charlotte's Web abc teach