1. Ant and the Three Little Figs
Sharing Stories
Unit 1 Lesson 1
Ant and the Three Little Figs

2. Word Knowledge began secret maybe believe easy read leaving leaned
peek need cheek bee
book wood hook stood
blink plus glad plum

3. Fluency I had a dream about three little pigs.
The frog jumped into the brook.
Jack was glad to have a plum.

4. Building Background Does this title remind you of another story?
The story is a funny twist on “The Three Little Pigs.”
Have you ever read a story to a younger child?
Say, “come and give me a (mumble hug). Does it sound like bug?

5. Background Information
Genre:
Humorous Fiction
This story is made up. Fiction.
The story is funny. Humorous.
The author invents the action in the story.
The author’s imagination is the most important thing in a work of fiction.
Can you think of some funny sorties you have read?
What made the story so humorous?

6. Clues, Problems, Wonderings

7. Vocabulary
Figs -
Fruit that is shaped like a small pear and grows on a tree. (pg. 14)

8. Vocabulary
Quickly -
Move with speed (pg. 17)

9. Vocabulary
Finally -
coming or happening at the end. (pg 18)

10. Vocabulary
Chance -
possibility of something happening (pg 18)

11. Vocabulary
Anytime -
at any time (pg. 21)

12. Comprehension Strategies Good Readers…
Make Connections
Use their own experiences to better understand the characters’ feelings and actions
“This reminds me of…”
“That part made me think of…”
Visualize
Picture in their minds what is going on in the story to gain clearer understanding
“When I read that part I saw a picture in my head of…”

13. Ant and the Three Little Figs Chant
If not a pig,

How about a fig

If not banana,

How about bandana

If not a wolf,

How about a hoof

If not a chair,

How about a fair
If not an eye,

How about good-bye

14. Blending

15. Fluency The big cat hid under the bed. The man fell in the mud.
We have a garden in our backyard.