1. Students will need: reading textbook, practice book, pencil
Kai’s Journey Day 1
Students will need: reading textbook, practice book, pencil

2. Last week, we read and listened to stories that were biographies
Last week, we read and listened to stories that were biographies. A biography is the story of someone’s life that is written by someone else.
This week we will be reading stories that are autobiographies. An autobiography is a story that an author writes about him or her self.

3. As you listen to today’s read-
aloud, listen for the parts of an
autobiography:
the author shares her own life
story or experiences.
the author writes in the first-
person voice, referring to herself
as “I”.

5. Who is the author addressing in
this text? How can you tell?

6. A thistle
is a prickly
plant with a thorny
flower.

9. How did Mei help the author?

10. What are some lessons that a
listener could learn from the
author’s friendship with Mei?
What did you learn about the
author’s first friend?

11. Fluency Good readers read aloud with appropriate speed
so that listeners can
easily follow the flow of
Information in the text.
Listen as I read the following story aloud:

13. This time, echo read each
sentence after me. Be sure
to read at an appropriate
speed.

14. Compare and Contrast
Good readers recognize comparisons and contrasts in text.
The text may compare and contrast characters, settings, and events.

15. Turn to page 108 in
your student textbook.

16. Which area of the diagram would
and, also, and too go in?
Which area woud although, while, and but go in?

19. Comprehension Strategy:
When you are trying to answer a question, you should think about the kind of information the question is asking for and know where to look to find the answer.
When you do this, you are using the QAR, or Question Answer Relationship strategy.
There are 4 kinds of question answer relationships:
Right There On Your Own
Think and Search Author and You

20. We need a volunteer to read aloud the next passage.

26. Background
The main character in the next story makes a long journey from China to begin a new life in America. Coming to live in another country after leaving one’s home country is called
Immigrating, and a person who does this is an immigrant.

29. Vocabulary

33. Read pages
silently to yourself.
Now listen as I
read it aloud.

35. of doing? oo

38. Practice Book page
18 can be completed
now or at another time.
It is on the next 2 slides.