Stevie Author: John Steptoe Illustrator: John Steptoe

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Stevie Author John SteptoeIllustrator John
Steptoe

• Friendship Unit
• Ms. Sheida Third Grade

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Write the Word. Find the Vowel Patterns. How many syllables? Split into syllables. List the S/S Cards for each Vowel Pattern.
1. fix
2. whipped
3. pickles
4. exit
5. wrist
6. hitch
7. sipped
8. bridge
9. brick
10. finish
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Blending

• Line 1 kid rid rim whim
  whisk
• Line 2 wag will frill drill
  pill
• Line 3 whip flip fell well
  rest
• Line 4 ran rats went left
  self
• Sentence 1 And I said, Who is it?

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First Person or Third Person?

• 1. My favorite color is yellow. I love yellow
  daisies and sunflowers.
• 2. My family and I decided to go to the park this
  weekend. We had a great time!
• 3. Ms. Sheida teaches third grade. She is in Room
  17. Her classroom is very neat and organized.

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Listening and Speaking

• How to be a good listener
• How to be a good speaker

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How can we figure out the meaning of a word?

• apposition
• root words
• prefixes
• suffixes
• context clues to help you figure out the
  meaning of a word, look at the other words in the
  sentence as clues.
• The dog approached us slowly. As he came nearer,
  I saw he was friendly and I patted him on the
  head.

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StevieVocabulary
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bother

• Please do not bother the person sitting next to
  you, otherwise he will not be able to finish his
  assignment.

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bother

• Definition- to annoy or pester someone or
  something.
• Synonym- annoy, disturb
• Antonym- soothe
• Part of Speech- verb

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greedy

• After Jan ate ten cookies, her mother scolded
  her for being greedy.

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greedy

• Definition- wanting more than is
  needed.
• Synonym- selfish, spoiled
• Antonym- generous
• Part of Speech- adjective

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soggy

• It has rained so much that the ground is soggy.
  

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soggy

• Definition- filled with moisture or liquid
  soaked.
• Synonym- soaked, wet
• Antonym- dry
• Part of Speech- adjective

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spoiled

• My little brother is spoiled because he always
  gets everything he wants.
• If you leave the milk outside, it will spoil.

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spoiled

• Definition- treated way too carefully babied.
• Synonym- greedy
• Antonym- kind, generous
• Part of Speech- verb, adj.

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stuff

• The room was crowded with all kinds of stuff
  piled everywhere.

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stuff

• Definition- many unidentified things grouped
  together.
• Synonym- things
• Antonym- nothing
• Part of Speech- noun

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STOOP
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End of Vocabulary

• Riddle-
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment,
  but never in a thousand years?

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Write the Word. Find the Vowel Patterns. How many syllables? Split into syllables. List the S/S Cards for each vowel pattern.
1. sizzle
2. little
3. bubble
4. puzzle
5. muzzle
6. shuffle
7. middle
8. puddle
9. topple
10. giggle
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Blending

• Line 1 not knot lot lock knock
• Line 2 index next exit exact
• Line 3 on ox fox fix knit
• Line 4 momma bother Bobby soggy
• Sentence 1 I let my corn flakes get soggy
  thinkin about him.

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Vocabulary Match

• annoy or pester
• wanting more than is needed
• filled with moisture or liquid soaked
• treated too carefully babied
• many unidentified things grouped together
• a button by the door to announce you are there
• a special box for keeping bread fresh
• a person who takes care of a child when the
  childs parents are not home
• a very soft white candy made of sugar

• soggy
• stuff
• greedy
• breadbox
• bother
• spoiled
• doorbell
• marshmallows
• baby-sitter

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Sentence Match

• Please do not ________ me
• when I am talking on the phone.
• My mom said I had to pick up all the _________ on
  my bedroom floor.
• I think my little brother is _________ because he
  always gets what he wants.
• It is better to share than to be __________.
• My cereal became ______ because it sat in the
  bowl too long with the milk.

• bother
• greedy
• soggy
• spoiled
• stuff

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Stevie

• Genre- Realistic Fiction
• Point of View- First Person
• Authors Purpose- Entertain
• This story is told in the first person point
  of view, by a young boy named Robert (nickname-
  Bobby). Robert is not used to sharing his toys,
  then Stevie comes to stay for awhile. By the time
  Stevie leaves, Robert has learned something about
  himself and about being a friend.

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Prior Knowledge (What you already know)

• Think about the stories we have read in our
  anthology book thus far.
• As we read, keep in mind how Stevie is similar
  and/or different than the previous stories.
• Notice that the author added realism to the story
  by having the characters use every speech.
• Lets read about the
• Author and Illustrator

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Clues, Problems, Wonderings

• Lets browse through Stevie and look for clues
  about the story, problems you may have while
  reading the story, and wonderings you have about
  the story.

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CLUES PROBLEMS WONDERINGS

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Informal Language

• gotta
• sayin
• gonna
• somma
• gimme
• nothin
• cause
• stayin

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Adjectives

• An adjective describes a noun.
• It tells how something looks, tastes, smells,
  or sounds.
• I have a very handsome dog. He is large, fluffy,
  and quite intelligent. He has big paws, a long
  tail, and a deep bark. My dog is awesome!

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Adjectives

• An adjective describes a noun.
• It tells how something looks, tastes, smells,
  or sounds.
• What adjectives does Robert use to describe
  Stevie? How do they change from the beginning of
  the story to the end?
• crybaby loud greedy spoiled nice good

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The End!

• Riddle-
• What number comes next?
• 1
• 3
• 4
• 7
• 11
• ?