A Piece of Home

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A Piece of Home

• Open Court
• Unit 6 Lesson 6
• Day 1

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Building Background

• What other stories have you read that tell about
  what it is like to move to a new land?
• Have you or any of your family members ever had
  to move to a new land?
• Why might people want to leave their native
  country and move to a new land?

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Genre

• A Piece of Home is an example of realistic
  fiction.
• A work of realistic fiction has characters that
  do things that real people and animals would do.
• The places in the story are real or seem real.
• The story tells about things that could really
  happen.

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Background Information
Russia
America

• The family in this story traveled from Russia to
  America.

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llustrations

• There are a lot of things in this story that are
  from Russia and may be unfamiliar to you.
• You can use the illustrations to help you
  understand some of the unfamiliar items you will
  read about.

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Preview and Prepare

• Look at the title, the pictures and the words.
• Look for any clues, problems, or wonderings.
• Be ready to share your answers with the class.

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Vocabulary Strategies

• Context Clues Use the other words in the
  sentence or paragraph to figure out a word. Look
  for CLUE words to help you.
• Word Structure The meaning of a word can be
  figured out by using the prefix, base word, or
  suffix.
• Apposition The word is followed by the
  definition, which is often set off by commas

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Selection Vocabulary

• journey
• treasure
• strange
• passport
• Russian

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journey

• The long journey begins at the airport, filled
  with noise.

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journey

• The long journey begins at the airport, filled
  with noise.
• The journey from our home to the camp site took
  six hours.

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journey

• The long journey begins at the airport, filled
  with noise.
• The journey from our home to the camp site took
  six hours.
• Definition a long trip

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journey

• Sacagawea led Lewis and Clark in their journey
  across the country.

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treasure

• Only one special treasure for each of us, says
  Papa.

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treasure

• Only one special treasure for each of us, says
  Papa.
• My grandmothers necklace is my only treasure.

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treasure

• Only one special treasure for each of us, says
  Papa.
• My grandmothers necklace is my only treasure.
• Definition money, jewels or other things that
  are valuable

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treasure

• The chest had a treasure of gold and jewelry.

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strange

• The other food tastes strange.

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strange

• The other food tastes strange.
• The shoes the people in the new country wore
  looked strange.

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strange

• The other food tastes strange.
• The shoes the people in the new country wore
  looked strange.
• Definition not familiar something different

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strange

• The strange trees looked different from the trees
  we usually see.

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passport

• Papa and Mama are busy with passports and papers.

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passport

• Papa and Mama are busy with passports and papers.
• When we arrived overseas, we had to show our
  passports before leaving the airport.

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passport

• Papa and Mama are busy with passports and papers.
• When we arrived overseas, we had to show our
  passports before leaving the airport.
• Definition a document given to a person to show
  what country they are from.

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passport

• With a passport you can travel from one country
  to another.

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Russian

• Aunt Marissa says, Ah, I remember the good
  Russian tea we used to make from the samovar at
  home.

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Russian

• Aunt Marissa says, Ah, I remember the good
  Russian tea we used to make from the samovar at
  home.
• My cousin can speak Russian and English.

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Russian

• Aunt Marissa says, Ah, I remember the good
  Russian tea we used to make from the samovar at
  home.
• My cousin can speak Russian and English.
• Definition the language, people and things from
  Russia.

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Russian

• The Russian hat and dolls are both from Russia.

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Comprehension Strategies

• Making Connections
• This reminds me of
• Text to text
• Text to self
• Text to world
• Monitoring and Clarifying
• I didnt understand that part. Maybe I should
  read that again or ask a question.
• Asking Questions
• Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
• Summarizing
• In my own words
• The important parts of the story were

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Capitalization

• Remember that the following things are always
  capitalized
• the word I
• proper nouns
• peoples titles
• peoples initials

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Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a word that connects words or
  ideas in a phrase or sentence.
• Examples of conjunctions
• and
• but
• or

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Interjections

• An interjection is a word that shows feelings and
  can stand alone as a sentence.
• Ouch!
• Wow!

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Punctuation

• Commas
• Commas are always used before quotation marks
  that begin a speakers exact words.
• Apostrophes
• Apostrophes are used to make contractions and
  possessives.
• Colons
• Colons are used to introduce a list or to
  separate the hour and the minutes when writing
  the time.

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A Piece of Home

• Open Court
• Unit 6 Lesson 6
• Day 2

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Selection Vocabulary

• journey noun. A long trip
• treasure noun. Money, jewels, or other things
  that are valuable
• strange adj. Not familiar
• passport noun. A document given to a person to
  show what country the person is a citizen of
• Russian adj. Relating to Russia, its people or
  their language

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Synonyms

• Synonyms Choose the word that means the same or
  about the same as the underlined word.
• The family went on a long journey.
• trip
• walk
• The new home felt strange.
• unusual
• normal

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Comprehension Strategies

• Making Connections
• This reminds me of
• Text to text
• Text to self
• Text to world
• Monitoring and Clarifying
• I didnt understand that part. Maybe I should
  read that again or ask a question.
• Asking Questions
• Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
• Summarizing
• In my own words
• The important parts of the story were

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Discussing Strategy Use

• How did you clarify confusing words and passages?
• What questions did you ask as you read?
• Where did you pause in the reading to summarize?
• What connections did you make between the reading
  and what you already know?

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Word Sort

• German ending el French ending et
• nickel
• pretzel

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Word Sort

• German ending el French ending et
• nickel buffet
• pretzel

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Word Sort

• German ending el French ending et
• nickel buffet
• pretzel beret

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Word Sort

• German ending el French ending et
• nickel buffet
• pretzel beret
• ballet

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Multicultural Words

• Culture is a word describing the arts, beliefs,
  and customs that a group of people share.
• garmoshka samovar
• What do these words mean?

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Capitalization

• Can you find the words that should be
  capitalized?
• Do i want to be a police officer or a teacher?
• On the ship, captain Smiley was in charge.
• One famous circus owner was p. t. Barnum.
• When i had the measles, I went to see dr. Quimby.

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Conjunctions and Interjections

• Can you find the conjunctions and interjections?
• Egad! Were late!
• Well call them and tell them that we are running
  late.
• Oh, no! Where is the cat?
• Please put that animal downstairs or outside.

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A Piece of Home

• Open Court
• Unit 6 Lesson 6
• Day 3

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Selection Vocabulary

• journey noun. A long trip
• treasure noun. Money, jewels, or other things
  that are valuable
• strange adj. Not familiar
• passport noun. A document given to a person to
  show what country the person is a citizen of
• Russian adj. Relating to Russia, its people or
  their language

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Comprehension Skills

• Making Inferences
• I can use the clues that the author gives me
  along with the information that I already know to
  make decisions about the story.
• Cause and Effect
• Remember that knowing the causes of an event (why
  something happened) can help you to see the whole
  story, and can help you to predict what will
  happen next.
• Causewhat makes something happen
• Effectwhat happens

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Checking Comprehension

• Why is Gregor worried about moving to America?
• Why do Mama and Papa want to come to America?
• How will life in America be different for Gregor
  and his family than it was in Russia?

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Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe
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Punctuation

• Commas
• Commas are always used before quotation marks
  that begin a speakers exact words.
• Apostrophes
• Apostrophes are used to make contractions and
  possessives.
• Colons
• Colons are used to introduce a list or to
  separate the hour and the minutes when writing
  the time.

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Punctuation Practice

• Add commas, apostrophes, and colons where they
  are needed.
• People from these countries have moved to the
  United States Mexico, China, and Russia.
• They cant become citizens until they are 18 years
  old.
• The poem says Give me your tired, your poor
• Patrick Henry said Give me liberty or give me
  death.
• The ship docks at 1005 this morning.

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A Piece of Home

• Open Court
• Unit 6 Lesson 6
• Day 4

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The Blue Tie
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granpa
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grandson
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living
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nothing
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oh
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somewhere
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wasnt
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wheres
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wouldnt
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from
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are
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does
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give
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some
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to
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what
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you
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your
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full
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said
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they
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today
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two
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were
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where
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who
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come
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every
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many
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of
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wants
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have
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there
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into
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was
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one
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ones
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put
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their
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again
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together
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could
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do
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laugh
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laughed
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lives
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want
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would
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pretty
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done
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any
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pulled
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wanted
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laughs
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once
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been
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ones
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theirs
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Selection Vocabulary

• journey noun. A long trip
• treasure noun. Money, jewels, or other things
  that are valuable
• strange adj. Not familiar
• passport noun. A document given to a person to
  show what country the person is a citizen of
• Russian adj. Relating to Russia, its people or
  their language

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Handing Off

• Why do you think Gregor was nervous about moving
  to America?
• How did the blanket help Gregor make friends with
  his cousin in America?
• Compare how Gregor in this story and Jake in The
  Butterfly Seeds were able to adjust to life in
  America.
• Do you think Gregor will need courage to come to
  America?
• If you could only choose one item to bring to
  another country, what would it be? Why?
• What does A Piece of Home add to what you
  already know about our country and its people?

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Meet the Author

• Might Sonia Levitin have experienced a journey
  like Gregors in A Piece of Home?
• How old was Sonia Levitin when she knew she
  wanted to become a writer?

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Meet the Illustrator

• Even though Juan Wijngaard is an illustrator, do
  you think he still paints? Why or why not?
• Look at the illustrations in A Piece of Home.
  Do you think they have a painting-like quality?
  Explain your answer.

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Group Discussions

• Throughout your lives you will have opportunities
  to work in groups. Together people can
  accomplish great things, but it is important that
  all members of the group participate in the
  discussion.
• What are some important rules when you are having
  a discussion with a group?