2. Vocabulary for
Poppleton
Everyday
By Cynthia Rylant

3. Meet the Author : Cynthia Rylant
                         
Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia, on June 6, 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."

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

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

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

11. 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

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

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

14. brought few boy head read
Sam wants to catch a _______ crickets so he can go fishing.
brought
few
boy
head
read

15. Betsy likes to ______ to her bears.
few
read
brought
head
boy

16. The ostrich buries his ______ in the sand.
head
read
boy
brought
few

17. Look what the tide ________ in.
brought
boy
head
read
few

18. read
few
brought
boy
head
The _____ is walking in the rain.

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

20. 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

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

22. 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

23. 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?

24. Enjoy your story.
The End
Anne Miller

25. 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

26. 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