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Hom

e-Sc

hool

Con

nect

ion

Hom

e-Sc

hool

Con

nect

ion

Dea

r Fa

mily

Mem

ber

:I’m

rea

ding

The

Kit

e in

cla

ss t

his

wee

k. I

le

arne

d th

at I

can

des

crib

e a

sto

ry’s

plo

t by

te

lling

abo

ut t

he c

hara

cter

s’ p

robl

em a

nd h

ow

they

sol

ve it

. Thi

s st

ory

beg

ins

wit

h To

ad t

ryin

g to

get

his

kit

e up

in t

he s

ky. I

gue

ss t

hat’

s th

e p

robl

em. F

rog

tells

him

som

ethi

ng h

e ca

n do

to

mak

e th

e ki

te fl

y. W

ill t

hat

be

the

solu

tion

?

This

Wee

k’s

Skill

s C

om

pre

hen

sio

n: p

lot—

pro

blem

and

so

luti

on

Pho

nic

s: s

ound

s of

long

i sp

elle

d i,

y, ig

h

Spel

ling

: wo

rds

wit

h i,

igh

, and

y

Nam

e

Wo

rd W

ork

ou

t

WO

RD

S TO

KN

OW

bal

l sh

out

shou

ld

head

neve

r p

erha

ps

mea

dow

Stor

y Ti

me

We’

re g

oing

to

mak

e up

a s

tory

wit

h th

e w

ord

s. I

’ll a

sk y

ou w

hat

each

wo

rd m

eans

. The

n w

e ca

n m

ake

up a

sen

ten

ce u

sing

the

wo

rd. W

e’ll

build

a s

tory

w

ith

the

sent

ence

s.

SPEL

LIN

G W

OR

DS

fi nd

by

ki

nd

my

nigh

t ri

ght

Rhy

me

Tim

e I’m

goi

ng t

o as

k yo

u to

sp

ell e

ach

wo

rd.

If t

he w

ord

has

the

sam

e vo

wel

sou

nd a

s th

e w

ord

try

, sa

y a

wo

rd t

hat

rhym

es.

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287

4. What is the b

est way fo

r Jumpy

to solve his problem

? Circle the letter o

r write your ow

n idea. a. Jum

py can follow a bird

fl ying in the sky. b. Jum

py can follow his ow

n p

aw p

rints back hom

e. c. Jum

py can shout and hope

someone com

es to help him.

d. .

Jum

py

Jum

ps A

wa

yW

e’re going to fi nd out what happens to Jum

py. Let’s talk about the pictures to see w

hat problem Jum

py has. Next w

e can talk about the best w

ay for Jumpy to solve his problem

. Then you can tell m

e the plot of the story, including the problem

and the solution.

1. Jumpy go

es for a w

alk.

5. Jumpy is b

ack home.

3. Jumpy is lost. “W

hat w

ill I do?”

2. Jumpy hops to the trees.

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© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Cone

xión

con

el h

ogar

Cone

xión

con

el h

ogar

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289

Qu

erid

os

fam

iliar

es:

Esto

y le

yend

o Th

e K

ite

en la

cla

se e

sta

sem

ana.

A

pre

ndí q

ue

al h

abla

r so

bre

los

pro

blem

as

de lo

s p

erso

naje

s y

cóm

o lo

s re

suel

ven,

est

oy

desc

ribi

endo

el a

rgum

ento

del

cue

nto.

Est

e cu

ento

com

ienz

a co

n To

ad t

rata

ndo

de

rem

onta

r su

pap

alot

e en

el c

ielo

. Sup

ongo

qu

e es

e es

el p

robl

ema.

Fro

g le

dic

e al

go q

ue

él

pued

e ha

cer

par

a qu

e el

pap

alot

e vu

ele.

¿Se

rá

esa

la s

olu

ción

?

Des

trez

as d

e la

sem

ana

Co

mp

ren

sió

n: a

rgum

ento

—p

robl

ema

y so

luci

ón

Fon

étic

a: lo

s so

nido

s de

i la

rgo

dele

trea

da

com

o i,

y, ig

h

Ort

og

rafí

a: p

alab

ras

con

i, ig

h, e

y

Nom

bre

Eje

rcic

io d

e p

ala

bra

s

PALA

BR

AS

DE

VO

CA

BULA

RIO

bal

l sh

out

shou

ld

head

neve

r p

erha

ps

mea

dow

Tiem

po

de

cuen

tos

Vam

os a

inve

ntar

un

cuen

to c

on

las

pal

abra

s. T

e vo

y a

pre

gunt

ar e

l sig

nifi

cado

de

cada

p

alab

ra. L

uego

, pod

emos

inve

ntar

una

ora

ción

usa

ndo

la p

alab

ra. V

amos

a a

rmar

un

cuen

to c

on la

s o

raci

ones

.

PALA

BR

AS

DE

OR

TOG

RA

FÍA

fi nd

by

ki

nd

my

nigh

t ri

ght

Va

mo

s a

rim

ar

Te v

oy a

ped

ir q

ue

dele

tree

s ca

da

pal

abra

. Si l

a p

alab

ra t

iene

el m

ism

o so

nido

de

voca

l co

mo

en t

ry, e

nton

ces

di u

na p

alab

ra q

ue

rim

e.

290

Jum

py

se va

brin

can

do

Vamos a averiguar qu

é le pasa a Jum

py. Hablem

os acerca de los dibujos p

ara ver qué problem

a tiene Jumpy. Luego

podémos hablar acerca de la m

ejor m

anera como Jum

py puede resolver su p

roblema. D

espués me puedes

hablar acerca del argumento del cuento,

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

1. Jumpy go

es for a w

alk.

4. What is the b

est way fo

r Jumpy

to solve his problem

? Circle the letter o

r write your ow

n idea. a. Jum

py can follow a bird

fl ying in the sky. b. Jum

py can follow his ow

n p

aw p

rints back hom

e. c. Jum

py can shout and hope

someone com

es to help him.

d. .

5. Jumpy is b

ack home.

3. Jumpy is lost. “W

hat w

ill I do?”

2. Jumpy hops to the trees.

by

Mei

sh G

old

ish

illu

stra

ted

by

Tu

ko F

ujis

aki

The

High

Fly

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The High Fly

The bright sun is high in the sky. M

y coach yells, “Try to w

in! Try, try!”28

© Macmillan/McGraw-HillThe High Fly

“Tha

nks,

Dw

ight

,” I

sig

h.“Y

ou a

re k

ind.

”“W

e ar

e a

team

,” h

e sa

ys.

32

It’s

a h

igh

fly!

I t

ry t

o fi

nd i

t. T

he b

righ

t su

n bl

inds

me.

29

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The High Fly

“Move to the right!”

yells Dw

ight. “Then you m

ight see better.”30

Dw

ight is right. The light changes. I catch the fly. It’s a tie! Fans go w

ild!31

© Macmillan/McGraw-HillThe High Fly

Co

mp

reh

ensi

on

Ch

eck

Ret

ell

the

Sto

ryU

se t

he P

robl

em/

Solu

tion

Cha

rt t

o re

tell

the

sto

ry.

Thin

k a

nd

Co

mp

are

1. W

hat

prob

lem

di

d M

olly

Mou

se h

ave

at t

he

beg

inni

ng o

f th

e st

ory?

How

did

sh

e so

lve

it?

2. T

his

book

tel

ls h

ow M

olly

and

Le

nny

bec

ame

frie

nds.

Thi

nk

abou

t on

e of

you

r fr

iend

s. H

ow

did

you

bec

ome

frie

nds?

3. M

olly

Mou

se h

elp

ed h

er f

rien

d Le

nny

Lion

. H

ow d

o p

eopl

e w

ho

are

frie

nds

help

eac

h ot

her?Last

Wan

ted

Som

ebo

dy

Bu

t

So

16

Len

ny L

ion

Len

ny L

ion

and

Mol

ly M

ouse

and

Mol

ly M

ouse

reto

ld b

y Cy

nthi

a R

othm

an

illus

trat

ed b

y T

hom

as T

aylo

r

Tab

le o

f Co

nten

tsLe

nny

Mee

ts M

olly

. .

. . .

. . .

2O

r El

se. .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. .6

Lenn

y N

eeds

Hel

p .

. . .

. . .

. 10

Com

pre

hens

ion

Chec

k. .

. . .

16

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Lenny Lion and Molly Mouse

All w

as quiet in the meadow

. The sun shone in a bright blue sky. So Lenny Lion put his head dow

n and took a nap.

Lenny M

eets L

enny Meets

Molly

Molly

2

Lenny said, “Tiny Molly, you

are indeed a big friend!”

And to this day, Lenny and

Molly are still good friends.

15

© Macmillan/McGraw-HillLenny Lion and Molly Mouse

Mol

ly n

ibbl

ed u

ntil

the

man

y ti

ny h

oles

bec

ame

one

huge

ho

le.

Soon

Len

ny w

as f

ree.

14

Mol

ly M

ouse

saw

Len

ny a

nd

trie

d to

sne

ak b

y hi

m.

She

did

not

wan

t to

wak

e Le

nny

up.

3


But Lenny did wake up. A

nd he grabb

ed the little mouse

in his big paw

s.

4

Molly nibbled a tiny hole in the net.

Then she nibbled many other holes.

13


“But

you

are

so

littl

e,”

said

Len

ny.

“I c

an h

elp

you

and

I w

ill!”

Mol

ly

told

Len

ny.

12

Mol

ly M

ouse

was

sm

all.

But

she

was

als

o b

rave

.

“Gre

at L

ion,

let

me

go…

or

els

e!”

she

said

.

5


Or E

lseO

r Else

“Or else? O

r else what? You look

like a yumm

y snack. Why should

I let you go?” asked Lenny.

6

Before long, M

olly saw Lenny.

He w

as trapped in a big net.

“Do not b

e afraid, Lenny,” said M

olly. “I will help you!”

11


Len

ny N

eeds

Hel

pL

enny

Nee

ds H

elp

Wee

ks l

ater

, M

olly

hea

rd a

gr

eat

and

terr

ible

ro

ar.

“Tha

t is

Len

ny!”

sho

uted

Mol

ly.

Mol

ly r

an o

ff t

o fi

nd t

he l

ion.

10

Mol

ly s

aid,

“Pe

rhap

s on

e da

y I

can

help

you

. A

tin

y m

ouse

ca

n b

e a

big

frie

nd!”

7


“You could never help me,” Lenny

said. “You are just a tiny mouse.”

“You will see,” said M

olly.

Lenny laughed, “You are a funny m

ouse. I will let you go.”

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