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Anne Miller
Anne Miller
Anne Miller
Author:
Debra Hess
• Debra Hess was born in New York City and went to college in Boston. She is the author of many plays and books for young people including The Three Witches series. Her work has appeared in various magazines.
• Debra Hess says she talked before she crawled, and unlike Wilson, she never sat alone.
• She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.
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The ____________ writes the stories.
The author is Debra Hess .
The ___________ draws the pictures.
The illustrator is Diane Greenseid
The story is about Wilson. He was very shy and didn’t play with other children. His classmates thought he wanted to be left alone. But did he???
author
illustrator
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Genre: Realistic Fiction
Realistic fiction is a story with characters and events that are like people and events in real life.
Look for:
A setting that could be a real place.
Characters that have feelings that real people have.
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Vocabulary for “Wilson Sat Alone”
amazingclusteredgathered
racedwandered
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1.Put your reading book on your desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary.
3.When you see the word, find it in your glossary.
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amazing - surprising
This horse race was amazing.
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clustered
These sea cucumbers are clustered together on a rock under the sea.
- formed a group
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The mother hen gathered her chicks around her.
- came togathered
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raced - ran quickly
Pete and Billy raced down the hill.
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- went from place to place without a plan
The geese wandered across the street looking for the lake.
wandered
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1. amazing surprising
2. clustered formed a group
3. gathered came together
4. raced ran quickly
5. wandered went from place to
place without a plan
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• Say the words.
• Read the sentences.
• Fill in the blank
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amazingclusteredgatheredracedwandered
The penguins ________ together to keep their babies warm.
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The children pets’ ________ to the finish line .
•amazing•clustered
racedgatheredwandered
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clusteredwandered
Thousands of people _________ in Times Square to celebrate the New Year.
amazingraced
gathered
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clusteredraced
I enjoyed seeing the pandas as I ________ through the zoo.
wanderedgathered
amazing
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racedclusteredgatheredamazingwandered
The _________ wizard took a nap after his busy morning.
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A. amazing - surprising
B. clustered - formed a group
C. gathered - came together
D. raced = ran quickly
E. wandered - went from place to
place without a plan
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1. raced – ___
2. wondered __
3. gathered –___
4. amazing – ___
5. clustered –__
A. - surprising
B. - formed a group
C. - came together
D. - ran quickly
E. - went from place
to place without
a planB
E
C
D
A
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Reading Rocket- StorytimeTest Tutor Sentences Statements and Questions Exclamations and Commands Parts of a Sentence
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Change y to i - # 1 Change y to i - # 3
Naming and Telling Parts - # 1 Naming and Telling Parts - # 2 Naming and Telling Parts - #3 Compound Words
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