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Scholastic Book Guides: Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball © Scholastic Teaching Resources

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Display the front cover of the book and have chil-dren describe what they see. Who might the manin the baseball cap be? What does he seem to bedoing with the boy and girl? What might be meantby a “Babe Ruth baseball”?

Have children page through the book to discoverhow it is organized by chapters. Then let childrenpage through the book to see what clues the pic-tures give about the story. What do the picturestell about the story’s setting and characters? Letchildren predict what the story will be about. Youcan ask:

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JJOOUURRNNAALL:: Invite children to record their predictionsabout the story in their Journals. As they read,children can see how their predictions compare towhat actually happens in the story.

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