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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Fantasy

Text Structure • Story is told by third-person narrator and by characters’ dialogue. • First in a series of problems presented in beginning

Content • Skills taught to animals in school• A surprise ending

Themes and Ideas • Everyone is good at something.• School can be frustrating.

Language and Literary Features

• Meaning provided through integration of pictures with text.• Words in all capitals for emphasis (GO, MOOOO)

Sentence Complexity • Complex sentences, some with an introductory clause (When I say GO, start running to the end of the track.)

• Compound sentences (Cam ran as fast as she could, but she was still last.)Vocabulary • Words about camels’ life: sandstorm, camel, humps, cactus, pond, gallons, water

Words • Most words with one or two syllables• Words with infl ectional endings: running, calling, tripped, laughed, rolled, tried, yelled• Contractions: it’s, I’ll, can’t • Compound words: sandstorm, anything, something

Illustrations • Illustrations closely linked to text on all pages.Book and Print Features • Nine pages of text; illustrations on every page

• Periods, commas, quotation marks, exclamation points, question marks, apostrophes© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Cam the Camelby Dee Scully

Fountas-Pinnell Level KFantasySelection SummaryCam can’t do anything right in Camel School. She fails at running, calling for help, and drinking enough water. Then her teacher falls in the pond and Cam jumps in to save him.

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Cam the Camel by Dee Scully

Build BackgroundRead the title to the children and talk with them about the cover illustration. Help them describe the camel, including the two humps on its back and its pink baseball cap. Ask what they notice about the camel’s name. Help children use their knowledge of camels. Ask questions such as: Where do camels live? What else do you know about camels?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that this story is a fantasy about a camel named Cam who has a hard time at school. Suggested language: Turn to page 2. The big camel with the whistle is Mr. Camel. He teaches Cam and the other young camels at Camel School. How do you know which camel is Cam? Remember her pink cap from the cover?

Page 3: Have children look at the illustration. The fi rst lesson in Camel School is running. Cam wasn’t very good at running. How can you tell from the picture?

Page 4: Turn to page 4. Mr. Camel says: If you are ever in a sandstorm, you need to call for help. Find the word sandstorm on the page. What two smaller words do you see? In a sandstorm, the wind blows so much sand into the air that people and camels can’t see.

Page 7: Remind children to use information from the pictures to help them read. Turn to page 7. What is Cam doing now? Mr. Camel told the class to fi nd food in the desert. What did Cam fi nd? The author says: Cam took a bite of cactus! What do you see all over the top of cactus plant? Do you think Cam picked the right thing to eat?

Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read to fi nd out if Cam will be good at any of the lessons at Camel School.

cactus sandstorm

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ReadHave children read Cam the Camel silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: How do you think Cam felt at the end of the story? Why?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points.

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Cam wasn’t good at any of the lessons that Mr. Camel taught.

• Mr. Camel fell into a pond and needed help.

• Cam jumped into the water and saved Mr. Camel.

• Everyone is good at something.

• Some subjects are hard to learn at school.

• Some of the story is told through dialogue.

• The characters are animals, but they act the way people do.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportFluencyInvite children to choose a passage from the text to act out. Remind them to pay attention to the punctuation, especially the exclamation marks, to help them read with expression.

Phonics and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Listening Game Have children listen for words that begin with the same sound. Have children raise their hands if the words begin with the same sound, and keep their hands in their laps if the beginning letter is different. Say pairs of words, for example, camel and cactus, lesson and gallon, watch and walk, laughed and rolled.

• Word Wall Materials: words on word wall, index cards. Have children choose fi ve words about animals from the word wall and read them. Then have children write the words on cards. Have partners build sentences using some of their words, and adding other words.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 14.8 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillConclusions

Target Comprehension Skill Tell children that as they read they can use details to fi gure

out more about the text. Model how to think about conclusions:

Think Aloud

There are many lessons to learn in Camel School. What details show me that? On page 3, Mr. Camel teaches running. On page 4, he teaches calling for help. On page 6, he teaches walking in sand. On page 7, he teaches fi nding food. These details help me fi gure out that there is a lot to learn at Camel School.

Practice the SkillHave children tell details that show that Cam was not as good as other students at drinking water.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Imagine everyone at Camel School gets an award at the end of the year. Write about the award you think Cam should get.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite the word that completes each

sentence.

1. Cam was worried that she could not do anything

right .

wrong first right

2. Cam found out she was good at swimming .

walking swimming calling

Making Connections Think about what you do

best. Draw a picture of what you do. Label your

picture.

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Name

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English Language LearnersCultural Support Some children may not know much about the desert environment. Explain that deserts are hot and full of sand and that cactus plants grow in the desert and have branches with thorns instead of leaves. Point out that every living thing must work hard to fi nd enough water to stay alive.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What lesson does Mr. Camel teach fi rst?

Speaker 2: running

Speaker 1: What does Cam try to eat?

Speaker 2: cactus

Speaker 1: Who saves Mr. Camel in the pond?

Speaker 2: Cam

Speaker 1: How good is Cam at the running lesson?

Speaker 2: She comes in last.

Speaker 1: What do camels need to do in a sandstorm?

Speaker 2: They need to call for help.

Speaker 1: What happens when Mr. Camel falls in the pond?

Speaker 2: He yells for help because he can’t swim. Cam jumps into the water and pulls him out.



Name Date

Cam the CamelImagine everyone at Camel School gets an award at the end of the year. Write about the award you think Cam should get.



Think About ItWrite the word that completes each

sentence.

1. Cam was worried that she could not do anything

.

wrong first right

2. Cam found out she was good at .

walking swimming calling

Making Connections Think about what you do

best. Draw a picture of what you do. Label your

picture.

Name

Cam the CamelThink About It

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Cam the CamelRunning Record Form

Cam the Camel • LEVEL K

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

®cat

0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

cat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

7

8

Mr. Camel said, “Now we will

learn to find food. Camels have to

eat what we can find.”

Cam took a bite of cactus! She

tried to chew, but the thorns stuck

in her mouth. She thought, “Will I

ever do anything right?”

Next, the class went to the

pond. Mr. Camel said, “A camel

must drink 25 gallons of water on

a hot day. Please take a drink.

I’ll watch and see what you

can do.”

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/77 x 100)

%

Self-Correction Rate

(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections)

1:



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