Wilson Sat Alone

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Wilson Sat Alone
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
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Author Debra Hess

• Debra Hess was born in New York City and went
  to college in Boston. She is the author of many
  plays and books for young people including The
  Three Witches series. Her work has appeared in
  various magazines.
• Debra Hess says she talked before she crawled,
  and unlike Wilson, she never sat alone.
• She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her
  husband.

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The author is Debra Hess .
The illustrator is Diane Greenseid
Wilson Sat Alone
The ____________ writes the stories.
author
The ___________ draws the pictures.
illustrator
The story is about Wilson. He was very shy and
didnt play with other children. His classmates
thought he wanted to be left alone. But did he???
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Genre Realistic Fiction

• Realistic fiction is a story with characters and
  events that are like people and events in real
  life.

Look for
Characters that have feelings that real people
have.
A setting that could be a real place.
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Vocabulary for Wilson Sat Alone
amazing clustered gathered
raced wandered
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• Put your reading book on your desk.
• Open your book to the glossary.
• When you see the word, find it in your glossary.

Glossary Time
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amazing
- surprising
This horse race was amazing.
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clustered
- formed a group
These sea cucumbers are clustered together on a
rock under the sea.
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gathered
- came to
The mother hen gathered her chicks around her.
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raced
- ran quickly
Pete and Billy raced down the hill.
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- went from place to place without a plan
wandered

• The geese wandered across the street looking for
  the lake.

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Read and Remember

1. amazing surprising
2. clustered formed a group
3. gathered came together
4. raced ran quickly
5. wandered went from place to place without a plan

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Vocabulary Review

• Say the words.
• Read the sentences.
• Fill in the blank

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• amazing
• clustered
• gathered
• raced
• wandered

The penguins ________ together to keep their
babies warm.
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The children pets ________ to the finish line .

• amazing
• clustered

gathered wandered
raced
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clustered wandered
amazing raced
gathered
Thousands of people _________ in Times Square to
celebrate the New Year.
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clustered raced
wandered gathered
amazing
I enjoyed seeing the pandas as I ________ through
the zoo.
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• raced
• clustered
• gathered
• amazing
• wandered

The _________ wizard took a nap after his busy
morning.
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Read and Remember

1. amazing - surprising
2. clustered - formed a group
3. gathered - came together
4. raced ran quickly
5. wandered - went from place to place without a
   plan

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Match the Letters to the Words.

1. raced ___
2. wondered __
3. gathered ___
4. amazing ___
5. clustered __

1. - surprising
2. - formed a group
3. - came together
4. - ran quickly
5. - went from place to place without a plan

D
E
C
A
B
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Harcourt Sites

• Reading Rocket- Storytime
• Test Tutor
• Sentences  
• Statements and Questions  
• Exclamations and Commands
•   Parts of a Sentence

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More Interactive Sites

• Change y to i - 1
• Change y to i - 3 Naming and Telling Parts -
  1 Naming and Telling Parts - 2 Naming and
  Telling Parts - 3 Compound Words
• Time For Recess

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