Flat Stanleys

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Flat Stanleys

• Mysterious Keys

Stanley visits the library
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Vocabulary

• Stanley Lambchop goes to the library at Veterans
  Park to check out books. As he reaches for the
  books they fall on top of him and he becomes
  flat. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out
  a set of flat keys.

• Stanley doesnt know what the keys are for so he
  asks for help from Mrs. Hanson, our Media
  Specialist. She suggests he will need to find
  the books with these titles to discover how to
  use the keys.

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• The first key on the ring said Vocabulary. He
  searched the library until he found a book called
  Vocabulary. He wondered why these words were
  important. This is what the book said

Vocabulary
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Independent Strategies Poem

• When I get stuck on a word in a book,There are
  lots of things I can do.I can do them all,
  please, by myselfI don't need help from you. I
  can look at the picture to get a hint.Or think
  what the story's about.I can "get my mouth
  ready" to say the first letter. A kind of
  "sounding out".I can chop up the words into
  smaller parts,Like on or ing or ly,Or find
  smaller words in compound wordsLike raincoat and
  bumblebee.

• I can think of a word that makes sense in that
  place,Guess or say "blank" and read onUntil the
  sentence has reached its end,Then go back and
  try these on"Does it make sense?""Can we say
  it that way?""Does it look right to me?"Chances
  are the right word will pop out like the sunIn
  my own mind, can't you see? If I've thought of
  and tried out most of these thingsAnd I still do
  not know what to do,Then I may turn around and
  askFor some help to get me through. Jill Marie
  Warner

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• Sometimes in the English language it asks us to
  drop letters to add suffixes. Which root words
  had to be changed to add a suffix? Answer the
  question to understand the key!

Click on Stanley to complete your
Vocabulary chart
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• After Flat Stanley learned the secret meaning of
  the vocabulary key he realized these were words
  from his own book, Flat Stanley. He glanced down
  at the next key and he saw the words main idea
  and found the book to match the key.
• This is what the book said

Main Idea
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• The key to this riddle is to uncover the most
  important idea of this chapter, Stanley read in
  the book.
• To help himself he drew pictures to support his
  main idea. Each picture represented a detail.
  So he began thinking about his book and he looked
  back in Chapter 4
• What is the main idea and four supporting details
  for Chapter 4? Click on Stanley to create your
  Kidspiration Organizer.
• Complete the organizer to understand the key.

Click on Stanley to complete your
Kidspiration organizer and then tell your teacher
you are finished so your organizer can be printed.
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• Flat Stanley was pleased with his organizer and
  in understanding his main idea key! He looked
  forward to discovering the meaning of his next
  key. The next key read sequence.

Sequence
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• He remembered when Mrs. Hanson read his series of
  books. She read them in sequential order
  beginning with Flat Stanley. Next, she read
  Stanley in Space, continuing until she finished
  them all.

• She read them in the same order as they happened
  in his life. He remembered when she asked him
  What was the scariest adventure youve had,
  Stanley Lambchop? He began thinking about the
  time he was tangled in a tree
• Click on Stanley to complete your Word document.
  List the main events in Chapter 3 in order.

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Stanley looked at the three keys he had collected
so far and wondered why the keys were important.
Stanley was so excited that he understood his
sequencing key, he howled for joy! Mrs. Hanson
appeared by his side, pointing to her expectation
board, she said in a hushed voice If you can not
lower your voice, you will be asked to leave the
Media Center.
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• Quietly he looked at his next
  key and examined the words.
  Cause and effect. What could it
  mean? he whispered. Stanley remembered Mrs.
  Hansons last words, If you cannot lower your
  voice, you will be asked to leave the Media
  Center. Stanley thought to himself, My loud
  voice will cause Mrs. Hanson to ask me to
  leave.

Cause and Effect
Click on Stanley to create a poster to help
Stanley to become three dimensional again!
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Stanley was thrilled! He understood his cause
and effect key. Stanley looked at his final
key and read, Authors Purpose. What could it
mean? He found the book called Authors Purpose
and opened it to this organizer.
Authors Purpose
To entertain
To inform
Authors Purpose
Click on the choice that best describes the
authors purpose.
To persuade
Can you help Stanley?
Can you help Stanley?
Can you help Stanley?
Can you help Stanley?
A creative person to explain how to help him
become three dimensional!
A creative person to explain how to help him
become three dimensional!
A creative person to explain how to help him
become three dimensional!
A creative person to explain how to help him
become three dimensional!
BOOKS FELL ON STANLEY AND HE BECAME FLAT!
BOOKS FELL ON STANLEY AND HE BECAME FLAT!
BOOKS FELL ON STANLEY AND HE BECAME FLAT!
BOOKS FELL ON STANLEY AND HE BECAME FLAT!
Type in your idea here
Type in your idea here
Type in your idea here
Type in your idea here
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He sat down on the floor of the Media Center
looking at his flat keys. What could they
possibly mean? What was the purpose of finding
the flat keys in his pocket? Have you
discovered how Stanley can use his mysterious
keys?
On a PowerPoint slide, write an ending to this
computer story. Be sure to include why Stanley
needed his mysterious keys. We will create a
slide show of all our endings for Flat Stanleys
Mysterious Keys.