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A New Coat for Anna

• Day 1

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What We Will Learn

• Homophones are words that sound the same but have
  different spellings and different meanings.
• The suffix tion changes a word from a verb to a
  noun.
• The suffix sion changes a word from a verb to a
  noun.

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What We Will Learn

• How suffixes change the meaning of a word.
• Many words have two letters that give one sound.
  The words are divided into syllables between the
  two letters. There are two letters the same, but
  only one sound that goes with the first syllable.

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Word Knowledge

• These are homophones. They sound the same but
  are spelled differently and have different
  meanings.
• sheer shear
• dye die
• hair hare

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Word Knowledge

• The suffix tion changes a word from a verb to a
  noun.
• celebrate celebration
• invite invitation
• reflect reflection

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Word Knowledge

• The suffix sion changes a word from a verb to a
  noun.
• divide division
• comprehend comprehension

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Word Knowledge

• Suffixes change the meanings of words.
• measure measured measurement

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Word Knowledge

• Words are divided into syllables between double
  consonants. There are two letters but only one
  sound that goes with the first syllable.
• tomorrow to mor row
• summer sum mer
• pretty pret ty
• button but ton
• happy hap py

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Genre Realistic Fiction

• The characters behave as people do in real life.
• The setting of the story is a real place or could
  be a real place.
• The events in the story could happen in real life.

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Meet the Author Harriet Ziefert

• Harriet Ziefert, like many authors was a teacher.
  Why do you think so many teachers like to write?
• Good teachers like to tell stories to help
  explain what they are teaching. By being writers
  themselves, teachers can also help students
  improve their writing by example and editing.

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Meet the Author Harriet Ziefert

• Why do you think Harriet likes to develop her
  story together with the illustrator?
• Working together, artist and writer can
  brainstorm about what they are trying to create.

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Meet the Illustrator Anita Lobel

• Anita Lobel grew up during World War II. How do
  you think this helped her develop the
  illustrations for A New Coat for Anna?

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Meet the Illustrator Anita Lobel

• During the war people couldnt get all of the
  things they needed in stores. They had ration
  cards for basics eggs, milk, flour, sugar.
• She probably remembers what some of the towns
  were like and what a relief it was when things
  were over.

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Meet the Illustrator Anita Lobel

• Lobel says that drawing is like drama. Can you
  think of ways that drawing and drama are similar?
• Drawing and drama both tell stories. They both
  show emotions and feelings through the
  characters faces.

January 22nd
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Vocabulary

• remained stayed in the same place or stayed the
  same

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Vocabulary

• strung stretched from one place to another

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Vocabulary

• wound wrapped around and around

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Vocabulary

• weaver a person who makes fabric from thread or
  yarn

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Vocabulary

• bolt a roll of cloth

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Comprehension Strategies

• Summarizing summarize what you have learned
• Predicting make predictions about what you
  think will happen

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Comprehension Strategies

• Monitoring and Clarifying stop reading to
  clarify words, phrases, or concepts that you
  might find confusing before continuing to read
  the story.

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Choral Read Page 14

• Why did Annas mother have to wait until after
  the war to buy her a coat?
• On page 14 there are two pictures. One shows a
  store with a closed sign. The other shows a sign
  that says no potatoes.
• The story says that the stores remained empty
  after the war. That tells me they were empty
  during the war too.

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Choral Read Pages 15 - 17

• Good readers stop to summarize. Summarize the
  important things that have happened so far.
• Anna needed a coat and her mother had no money.
• She traded a fine gold watch for the wool.
• She traded a lamp to have the wool spun into yarn.

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Choral Read Page 18

• Making Predictions
• What do you think will happen when Anna and her
  mother take the yarn to the weaver?
• Lets read further to see what happens.

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Choral Read Pages 19 - 21

• Confirming Predictions
• What happened when they took the wool to the
  weaver?
• The weaver agreed to weave the wool into cloth in
  exchange for a teapot.
• Can anyone make any connections to what has
  happened?

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Choral Read Pages 22 - 23

• Summarizing Lets summarize what has happened
  in the story. Remember we only summarize the
  important events in the story.
• Anna needed a new coat, but her mother didnt
  have any money. They bartered for the things
  they needed. In the end Anna had a lovely coat
  and many new friends.