Vocabulary for Poppleton Everyday By Cynthia Rylant

Meet the Author : Cynthia Rylant                             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                             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.

Glossary Time Put your reading book on your desk. Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 263 in the back of your reading book.) When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

Brought brought The little boy brought his mom a valentine. brought - did bring A Glossary Word The little boy brought his mom a valentine. 2

Read read read - understood words by looking A Glossary Word Milly likes to read books. 1

Few few few - not many A Glossary Word Mrs. Mutner likes to go over a few of her classroom rules. 3

Boy boy The boy is taking his dog for a walk. A Glossary Word boy - a young man The boy is taking his dog for a walk. 4

Head head head - top part of body A Glossary Word The legend says that Johnny Appleseed wore a pot on his head. 4

Vocabulary Review Say the words. Read the sentences. Fill in the blank.

brought few boy head read 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.

Review the Vocabulary Words brought - did bring few - not many boy - a young man head - top part of body read - understood words by looking

Match the words to its meaning. - understood words by looking – not many - a young man - did bring - top part of body brought _ boy __ head __ read __ few __ D C E A B

Say the Sight Words boy brought any head were few think those elephant talk

New words in the story: “Poppleton Everyday” smile followed biggest vast enormous size climbed edge both bottom decided buy closed since grown-up store certainly right asked saleslady 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?

Enjoy your story. The End 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