A Visit With Grandpa

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A Visit With Grandpa
Compiled by Terry Sams, PES
Genre Realistic Fiction Authors Purpose


Entertain, Inform Skill Setting

• By Mildred Pitts Walter
• Visit the Author

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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.

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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.
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Comprehension Skill Setting

• Setting is the time and place in which a story
  occurs.
• Sometimes the setting is important to the lot 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.

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Practice Setting TE 43a

• Detail About Where/When
• Grandpas kitchen/morning
• breakfast table/morning
• dishes on the table

• How Setting Affects Story
• Grandpa learns Justin doesnt like to do dishes.
• Grandpa shows him that doing dishes can be easy.
• Justin learns men can do dishes well.

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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.

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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 didnt mind that his clothes were
  so creased and wrinkled.

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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.

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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.

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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 writers craft.

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Practice Jargon

• 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

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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
  didnt . . .

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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?

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Review Pages 32 - 40

• How does lunch change Justins opinion of
  cooking?
• List the steps they use to prepare lunch?
• What is Grandpas opinion about housework?
• What important lessons does Justin learn?

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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 e-mail 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.

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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

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Vocabulary Say It!

• biscuits
• dough
• prairie
• raisins
• rumpled
• teasing
• wrinkled

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More Words to Know

• cinches
• saddlebags
• shortening
• skillet

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biscuits

• round forms of baked bread dough made without
  yeast

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dough

• soft, thick mixture of flour, milk, fat, and
  other ingredients for baking

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prairie

• a large open area with few or no trees

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raisins

• dried grapes

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rumpled

• crumpled, crushed, wrinkled

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teasing

• pestering or annoying someone with unkind jokes
  or tricks

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wrinkled

• having creases or folds

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cinches

• strong straps for fastening a saddle or pack on a
  horse

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saddlebags

• bags laid over an animals back

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shortening

• butter, lard, or other fat used to make pastry or
  cake

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skillet

• a heavy frying pan

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Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some
red-hot chips scattered over the lid.
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Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some
red-hot chips scattered over the lid.
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Justin loves riding around the prairie on the
horses.
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Justin loves riding around the prairie on the
horses.
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Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water,
and shortening into a mound of dough.
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Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water,
and shortening into a mound of dough.
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Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.
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Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.
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Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.
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Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.
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After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.
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After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.
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They put all their supplies into the saddlebags
before they left for the prairie.
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They put all their supplies into the saddlebags
before they left for the prairie.
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I brought enough raisins for everyone.
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I brought enough raisins for everyone.
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The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.
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The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.
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The girl yelled, Stop teasing me!
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The girl yelled, Stop teasing me!
.
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The shirts were wrinkled after being in the
suitcase.
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The shirts were wrinkled after being in the
suitcase.
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This Weeks Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week
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Spelling Words Vowel Sounds in few and moon

• excuse
• few
• curfew
• pupil
• menu

• mood
• school
• fruit
• juice
• cruise

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Spelling Words Vowel Sounds in few and moon

• huge
• confuse
• nephew
• usual
• fuel

• cool
• shoot
• shampoo
• suit
• bruise

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Lets 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.
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huge
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confuse
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nephew
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usual
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fuel
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cool
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shoot
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shampoo
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suit
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bruise
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excuse
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few
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curfew
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pupil
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menu
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mood
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school
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fruit
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juice
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cruise
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GREAT JOBCowpoke!