1. The Last Dragon! By: Susan Miho Nunes Problem Solvers
Theme 4, Selection 3, Day 1
Taught By: Mr. Williams

2. Drawing Conclusions
Readers often need to draw conclusions about the characters in a story in order to better understand why they act the way they do in various situations.
Conclusions are drawn by analyzing details.
Conclusions can change as new details are revealed by the author.
More than one conclusion can be drawn from the same details.
Different readers may form slightly different conclusions from the same details.

3. The Frog Comprehension Skill: Drawing Conclusions
Where do you think this story might take place? Explain your answer.
What clues might help you figure out how the frog gets out of the bucket?
What can you tell about the frog from his actions in the story?

4. Decoding Prefixes: pre-, com-, & con-
What is a prefix?
pre-
prepare
predict
present
com-
computer
companion
complete
con-
confuse
concise
concert
Before
With
With

5. characters

6. crest

7. fierce

8. homage

9. scales

10. teeming

11. Key Chinatown Vocabulary
autumn
mercury
The season after summer
Silvery, toxic, white metal used in thermometers
peculiar
draft
Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre
A flow of air
thermometer
etched
An instrument that measures temperature
Made a design by cutting lines
timid
frost
Easily frightened, shy
Very thin covering of ice

12. Heat Wave
Brace Map
While reading the story use practice book p. 39 to chart the various conclusions you make throughout the story and the details you use to find them. Make sure to write in complete sentences.
While you are reading begin thinking about other possible conclusions readers might draw from these details.
When you finish, use the information you have charted to create a Brace Map on a clean sheet of paper.
When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

13. The Last Dragon! By: Susan Miho Nunes Problem Solvers
Theme 4, Selection 3, Day 2
Taught By: Mr. Williams

14. characters

15. crest

16. fierce

17. homage

18. scales

19. teeming

20. Key Chinatown Vocabulary
autumn
mercury
The season after summer
Silvery, toxic, white metal used in thermometers
peculiar
draft
Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre
A flow of air
thermometer
etched
An instrument that measures temperature
Made a design by cutting lines
timid
frost
Easily frightened, shy
Very thin covering of ice