1. By: Mildred Pitts Walter Visit the Author
A Visit With Grandpa
Compiled by Terry Sams, PES
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author’s Purpose: Entertain, Inform
Skill: Setting
By: Mildred Pitts Walter
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2. Summary
   Growing up in a house full of women, Justin feels frustrated by his mother and sisters, who are always after him to help with the household chores.  He thinks doing dishes and making beds is "women's work."  When Justin complains to his grandfather, Grandpa invites Justin home with him.  With no women to cook and clean and make the beds, Justin discovers that it doesn't matter who does the work - and that it's not so hard after all.

3. Genre: Realistic Fiction
In Realistic Fiction the characters speak and act like real people.
The story describes real-life problems and events.
The outcome, or problem resolution, seems to be reasonable.
Click on Genre to learn more about different genres and Realistic Fiction.

4. Comprehension Skill: Setting
Setting is the time and place in which a story occurs.
Sometimes the setting is important to the plot of a story. At other times, the setting is only background.
Sometimes pictures show the setting, and sometimes you have to imagine it.
Details the author has written can help you see, hear, feel, and smell what it is like to be there.

5. Detail About Where/When How Setting Affects Story
Practice Setting TE 43a
Detail About Where/When
Grandpa’s kitchen/morning
breakfast table/morning
dishes on the table
How Setting Affects Story
Grandpa learns Justin doesn’t like to do dishes.
Grandpa shows him that doing dishes can be easy.
Justin learns men can do dishes well.

6. Comprehension Skill Review – Sequence TE 43b
Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story.
You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next.
Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.

7. Vocabulary Skill – Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words
When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning.
The context may give a definition or an explanation.
Sometimes a synonym is used as a context clue.
Example: Jake didn’t mind that his clothes were so creased and wrinkled.

8. Research Skill – Textbook/Trade Books TE 43j
Textbooks usually teach abut one subject, such as social studies or math.
These books are organized to help you find information quickly.
Each chapter title tells you about main section of the book, and the headings and subheadings show what information you can find in a particular section.
Vocabulary words are often printed in bold and included in the margin.

9. Research Skill – Textbook/Trade Books TE 43j
A Trade book is any book that is not a textbook, a periodical, or a reference book.
The skills you use for understanding trade books are a lot like those you use when you read textbooks.
When you use a trade book, think about your purpose for reading, the same as you would for choosing a reference book.

10. Skills – Jargon TE 43i
Jargon is the special vocabulary that people use in a particular job or field of activity.
Jargon helps build the setting in the story.
Jargon tells more about the characters.
Jargon is part of the writer’s craft.

11. Practice Jargon riding fence rounding up cattle broncobusters
Example of Jargon
riding fence
rounding up cattle
broncobusters
bulldogging
What does it Mean?
inspecting the fence
bringing cattle together
cowboys who tame horses
to throw a calf to the ground

12. Weekly Fluency Check - Read with Expression TE 43d
Students should read with expression.
For example, they should read dialogue as if they are the characters speaking and changing voices to differentiate speakers.
Grandpa should sound much older than Justin.
Go to pages 34-35, beginning with “Grandpa, I didn’t . . .”

13. Review Pages 23-31 Where and when does this story take place?
Why does Justin not want to help with the dishes?
What does riding fence mean?
Instead of ordering Justin to unpack his clothes, Grandpa explains why he might want to do it. Why does he use this approach?

14. Review Pages
How does lunch change Justin’s opinion of cooking?
List the steps they use to prepare lunch?
What is Grandpa’s opinion about housework?
What important lessons does Justin learn?

15. Choose one of the following and write a paragraph:
Writing Assignment
Choose one of the following and write a paragraph:
Suppose that after the story ends, Grandpa invites Justin to come back to the ranch. Write an message that Justin sends back.
Create a page from a catalog showing the clothing and equipment a cowboy might use to do their chores. Include illustrations and a brief description of each item.

16. Fun Stuff More Interactive on Setting Vocabulary Match UP
Spelling Hangman
Horses for Kids
Spelling Words in ABC Order
Pancakes in 4th Grade
On Line Reading Test
On Line Spelling Test

17. Vocabulary Say It! biscuits dough prairie raisins rumpled teasing
wrinkled

18. More Words to Know
cinches
saddlebags
shortening
skillet

19. round forms of baked bread dough made without yeast
biscuits
round forms of baked bread dough made without yeast

20. dough
soft, thick mixture of flour, milk, fat, and other ingredients for baking

21. a large open area with few or no trees
prairie
a large open area with few or no trees

22. raisins
dried grapes

23. crumpled, crushed, wrinkled

24. pestering or annoying someone with unkind jokes or tricks
teasing
pestering or annoying someone with unkind jokes or tricks

25. having creases or folds
wrinkled
having creases or folds

26. strong straps for fastening a saddle or pack on a horse
cinches
strong straps for fastening a saddle or pack on a horse

27. bags laid over an animal’s back
saddlebags
bags laid over an animal’s back

28. butter, lard, or other fat used to make pastry or cake
shortening
butter, lard, or other fat used to make pastry or cake

29. skillet
a heavy frying pan

30. Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some red-hot chips scattered over the lid.

31. Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some red-hot chips scattered over the lid.

32. Justin loves riding around the prairie on the horses.

33. Justin loves riding around the prairie on the horses.

34. Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water, and shortening into a mound of dough.

35. Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water, and shortening into a mound of dough.

36. Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.

37. Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.

38. Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.

39. Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.

40. After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.

41. After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.

42. They put all their supplies into the saddlebags before they left for the prairie.

43. They put all their supplies into the saddlebags before they left for the prairie.

44. I brought enough raisins for everyone.

45. I brought enough raisins for everyone.

46. The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.

47. The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.

48. The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!”

49. The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!”.
The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!”

50. The shirts were wrinkled after being in the suitcase.

51. The shirts were wrinkled after being in the suitcase.

52. This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:

53. Spelling Words Vowel Sounds in few and moon
excuse
few
curfew
pupil
menu
mood
school
fruit
juice
cruise

54. Spelling Words Vowel Sounds in few and moon
huge
confuse
nephew
usual
fuel
cool
shoot
shampoo
suit
bruise

55. Let’s review our Spelling words
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word.

56. huge

57. confuse

58. nephew

59. usual

60. fuel

61. cool

62. shoot

63. shampoo

64. suit

65. bruise

66. excuse

67. few

68. curfew

69. pupil

70. menu

71. mood

72. school

73. fruit

74. juice

75. cruise

76. GREAT JOB Cowpoke!