1. Dear Levi

2. Why did the chicken cross the road?

3. Target Strategy & Skills
Questioning the text
Making generalizations
Drawing conclusions
Understanding characters

4. Questioning
“What do you wonder?”
Ask yourself questions as you read a text. Express you thinking!
Ask…
What is happening? What point of view is the story told from?
Where did this story take place?
When did this event occur?
Why did the character respond that way?
How does the author communicate thoughts of the character?

5. Questioning
Write your questions on a post-it note so you can look back on your questions and discover the answers as you continue reading.

6. Scavenger Hunt

7. Dear Levi
Read Aloud (p. 1-6)

8. Questioning
Did you come think of any questions? “What do you wonder?”

9. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The flash light was made with great quality and came with guarantee of 100% satisfaction.

10. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Guarantee Definition: a sure promise Discussion: What is something that is guaranteed for you as students?

11. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Billy’s tooth was aching and he experienced feelings of torment in his mouth.

12. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Torment Definition: to cause great harm Discussion: What could be tormenting or harmful for an insect?

13. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The lock on the door made the room secure.

14. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Secure Definition: a sure connection, something that will not break Discussion: What happens when our internet connection is not secure?

15. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The cars of the train were connected by a hitch.

16. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Hitch Definition: to join together Discussion: What things would you hitch to a truck so that you could haul it behind the truck?

17. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
There were critters all over the prairrie.

18. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Critter Definition: a small animal Discussion: What kind of critter would you find in the wild?

19. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
We could tell by the boy’s smirk that he had was planning a trick that would cause trouble and was up to mischief.

20. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Mischief Definition: a difficult or troubling situation Discussion: Have you ever been caught in mischief?

21. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The child was generous and shared his school supplies with his friends.

22. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Generous Definition: the characteristic of giving freely Discussion: Do you know anyone who is generous?

23. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Canada Geese migrate south for the winter.

24. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Migrate Definition: to move to another place Discussion: Do you know anyone who has had to migrate to another town?

25. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The robins eggs were speckled.

26. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Speckled – spotted or scattered

27. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
The axel on the wagon broke and prevented the wagon train from being able to travel any further.

28. Dear Levi: Week 1 Vocabulary
Axel Definition: the bar around which wheels turn Discussion: What objects use axels to help them move?

29. Dear Levi
Spelling List fearsome guarantee preparation torment herd heard opportunity
secured
marbles
corkscrew
forever
generous
swear
journey
buried