They Thought They Saw Him

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They Thought They Saw Him

• Open Court Unit 3 Lesson 2

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Word Knowledge

• 1 safe wakeful snake awake

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Word Knowledge

• 1 safe wakeful snake awake

The long a sound spelled a_e
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Word Knowledge

• 2 rain waited plain train

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Word Knowledge

• 2 rain waited plain train

The long a sound spelled ai_
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Word Knowledge

• 3 sleep seed asleep tree

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Word Knowledge

• 3 sleep seed asleep tree

The long e sound spelled ee
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Word Knowledge

• 4 meal ears Apache adobe

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Word Knowledge

• 4 meal ears Apache adobe

The long e sound spelled ea and e
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Word Knowledge

• 5 feet green leaves sneak

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Word Knowledge

• 5 feet green leaves sneak

The long e sound spelled ee and ea
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Word Knowledge

• S1 We had to wait until it stopped raining to go
  outside.
• Which words have the long a sound?

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Word Knowledge

• S2 It is polite to say please and thank you.
• Which words have the long e sound?

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Word Knowledge

• S3 Limes are a green fruit.
• Which words have the long e sound?

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Building Background Knowledge

• What do you know about animals that use
  camouflage?
• Why do animals need camouflage?
• What do you know about chameleons?

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Background Information

• Chameleons are lizards that change colors to
  match their surroundings.
• Chameleons eat insects they catch with their long
  tongues.
• Chameleons are found around the world in Africa,
  Europe, and Asia.
• The story we are going
• to read is a fictional
• piece based on a Mexican
• folktale.

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Preview and Prepare

• Look at the selection.
• Look for any clues, problems, or wonderings.
• Be ready to share what you find with the class.

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glistened

• Rain puddles glistened in the sunshine.

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glistened

• Rain puddles glistened in the sunshine.

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glistened

• Rain puddles glistened in the sunshine.
• The wet dew on the grass glistened in the
  sunshine.

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glistened

• Rain puddles glistened in the sunshine.
• The wet dew on the grass glistened in the
  sunshine.

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glistened

• Rain puddles glistened in the sunshine.
• The wet dew on the grass glistened in the
  sunshine.
• Definition sparkled

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glistened

• The water glistened in the sunlight.

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wakeful

• The chameleon felt now the joy in the first
  wakeful night.

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wakeful

• The chameleon felt now the joy in the first
  wakeful night.

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wakeful

• The chameleon felt now the joy in the first
  wakeful night.
• After the nightmare, I had a wakeful night. I
  just couldnt go back to sleep.

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wakeful

• The chameleon felt now the joy in the first
  wakeful night.
• After the nightmare, I had a wakeful night. I
  just couldnt go back to sleep.

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wakeful

• The chameleon felt now the joy in the first
  wakeful night.
• After the nightmare, I had a wakeful night. I
  just couldnt go back to sleep.
• Definition not able to sleep

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wakeful

• The wakeful people could not fall asleep.

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gripped

• His feet gripped green leaves, and he hung there.

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gripped

• His feet gripped green leaves, and he hung there.

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gripped

• His feet gripped green leaves, and he hung there.
• We gripped the rope tightly playing tug-o-war.

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gripped

• His feet gripped green leaves, and he hung there.
• We gripped the rope tightly playing tug-o-war.

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gripped

• His feet gripped green leaves, and he hung there.
• We gripped the rope tightly playing tug-o-war.
• Definition held on tightly

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gripped

• The gymnasts gripped the rings so they wouldnt
  fall.

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swooped

• The owl swooped down to catch him.

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swooped

• The owl swooped down to catch him.

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swooped

• The owl swooped down to catch him.
• The falcon glided in the sky and then suddenly
  swooped down and grabbed the rabbit.

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swooped

• The owl swooped down to catch him.
• The falcon glided in the sky and then suddenly
  swooped down and grabbed the rabbit.

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swooped

• The owl swooped down to catch him.
• The falcon glided in the sky and then suddenly
  swooped down and grabbed the rabbit.
• Definition rushed down suddenly

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swooped

• The eagle swooped down to catch a fish.

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ridge

• Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of
  golden rock.

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ridge

• Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of
  golden rock.

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ridge

• Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of
  golden rock.
• The boys hiked along the ridge of the mountain.
  They could look down and see the valley below
  them.

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ridge

• Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of
  golden rock.
• The boys hiked along the ridge of the mountain.
  They could look down and see the valley below
  them.

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ridge

• Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of
  golden rock.
• The boys hiked along the ridge of the mountain.
  They could look down and see the valley below
  them.
• Definition The edge of something

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ridge

• The hiker stood at the ridge of the rock.

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Additional Vocabulary

• lizard a reptile with a scaly body, four legs
  and a tail
• reptile a group of animals that are cold-blooded
  and have scales covering their bodies lizards,
  snakes, turtles, crocodiles, and alligators are
  all types of reptiles
• scales pieces of hard skin that cover a reptile
  or a fish

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More Vocabulary

• enemies those who want to harm or destroy one
  another
• hibernate to be in a deep sleep in winter
• predict to say what one thinks will happen in
  the future
• insects bugs

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Comprehension Strategies

• Making Predictions I think _______ will happen
  because ________ has already happened in the
  story.
• Monitoring and Clarifying I didnt understand
  that part. Maybe I should go back and reread it
  or ask a question.
• Asking Questions Who? What? When? Where?
  How? Why?

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Guess the Covered Word

• Spelling Unit 2 Lesson 7a
• Created by
• Joanne Whitley
• Adapted by Jennifer Allen

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Say the word as the arrow points to
it. dream eve silly happy team
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Say the word as the arrow points to
it. these feet leaves green sneak
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A nightmare is a dream.
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A nightmare is a dream.
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The night before a special day is an eve.
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The night before a special day is an eve.
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Clowns act silly and we laugh.
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Clowns act silly and we laugh.
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I am happy after school.
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I am happy after school.
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A punter is on a football team.
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A punter is on a football team.
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To make purple, use these colors red and blue.
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To make purple, use these colors red and blue.
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A yard is three feet long.
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A yard is three feet long.
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A tree has leaves.
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A tree has leaves.
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Yellow and blue make green.
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Yellow and blue make green.
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Camouflage helps animals sneak around.
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Camouflage helps animals sneak around.
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dream
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eve
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silly
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happy
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team
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these
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feet
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leaves
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green
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sneak
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Mickey says, You did A-OK!
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Linking and Helping Verbs

• To make a complete sentence, you must have a
  verb.
• There are some verbs that tell about actions.
  These are called action verbs.
• There are other verbs that do not show action
  called linking verbs. Linking verbs join or
  connect the parts of a sentence to make it
  complete.
• Helping verbs are another kind of verb. Helping
  verbs help the main verb in a sentence tell when
  something will happen, has happened or is
  happening.

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Lets Practice Linking and Helping Verbs

• Lizards are reptiles.
• I am watching the snakes in the grass.
• That lizard was green a few minutes ago.
• The turtles were hiding in their shells.
• That frog has been jumping for a long time.
• He will be green again in about five minutes.

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They Thought They Saw Him

• Open Court Unit 3 Lesson 2
• Day 2

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Phonics and Fluency

• 1 joy boy annoy toy

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Phonics and Fluency

• 1 joy boy annoy toy

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 2 couch grouch pouch south

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Phonics and Fluency

• 2 couch grouch pouch south

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 3 hour count mound cloud

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Phonics and Fluency

• 3 hour count mound cloud

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 4 avoid boil noise spoil

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Phonics and Fluency

• 4 avoid boil noise spoil

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• S1 The cloud was shaped like a balloon.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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Phonics and Fluency

• S2 I try to avoid loud noises.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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Phonics and Fluency

• S3 We found the house key.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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Selection Vocabulary

• glistened sparkled
• wakeful restless not able to sleep
• gripped held onto tightly
• swooped rushed down suddenly
• ridge the edge of something

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Synonyms

• Synonyms Choose the word that means the same or
  about the same as the underlined word.
• The dew glistened in the early morning sun.
• sparkled
• dulled
• The baby gripped its mother tightly.
• let go of
• held onto

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You Got It!
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Try Again!
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You Got It!
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Additional Vocabulary

• tan a light yellowish-brown color
• sand tiny grains of rock found on beaches and
  in deserts
• fox an animal that looks like a small dog
• golden a yellow color, like the sun
• rock a large stone

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Comprehension Strategies

• Making Predictions I think _______ will happen
  because ________ has already happened in the
  story.
• Monitoring and Clarifying I didnt understand
  that part. Maybe I should go back and reread it
  or ask a question.
• Asking Questions Who? What? When? Where?
  How? Why?

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream eve

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream silly eve

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream silly eve
• happy

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream silly eve
• team happy

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• dream silly eve
• team happy these

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• feet dream silly eve
• team happy these

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• feet dream silly eve
• team happy these
• leaves

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• feet dream silly eve
• green team happy these
• leaves

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Word Sort

• e ee ea _y e_e
• feet dream silly eve
• green team happy these
• leaves
• sneak

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Prefixes

• over-
• Means too much
• Ex over-sleep
• over-filled

• un-
• Means not or opposite of
• Ex un-aware

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Linking and Helping Verbs

• Read the following sentences and identify the
  linking or helping verb in each sentence.
• There are over 3,500 kinds of lizards.
• The snake-lizard was sliding along on its little
  black legs.
• That gecko is less than one inch long.
• We had walked around the zoo for two hours.

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They Thought They Saw Him

• Open Court Unit 3 Lesson 2
• Day 3

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Phonics and Fluency

• 1 joy boy annoy toy

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Phonics and Fluency

• 1 joy boy annoy toy

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 2 couch grouch pouch south

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Phonics and Fluency

• 2 couch grouch pouch south

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 3 hour count mound cloud

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Phonics and Fluency

• 3 hour count mound cloud

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• 4 avoid boil noise spoil

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Phonics and Fluency

• 4 avoid boil noise spoil

Dipthongs
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Phonics and Fluency

• S1 The cloud was shaped like a balloon.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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Phonics and Fluency

• S2 I try to avoid loud noises.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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Phonics and Fluency

• S3 We found the house key.
• Can you find the dipthong?

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The Worst Birthday Ever
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coming
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couldnt
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everything
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grandmas
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grandpas
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nowhere
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school
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whats
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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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Selection Vocabulary

• glistened sparkled
• wakeful restless not able to sleep
• gripped held onto tightly
• swooped rushed down suddenly
• ridge the edge of something

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Comprehension Skills

• Drawing Conclusions Because of the following
  clues from the story ________, ________, and
  ________ I think _________ about the story.
• Authors do not include every detail about what is
  happening or what a character is thinking or
  feeling. Readers can use the clues from the
  author and the illustrations to draw conclusions
  about the events in a story.
• Conclusions are not directly stated in the story
  but are supported by details found in the story.

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Drawing Conclusions
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Checking Comprehension

• How do the animals hunting for the chameleon use
  camouflage to keep the chameleon from seeing them
  so easily?
• What colors does the chameleon match in its
  surroundings?
• What is the chameleons secret?
• What does the chameleon mean when he says that he
  is the color of the world?

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Handing Off

• Why did the snake, owl, fox, and boy all think
  the chameleon got away?
• What was the chameleons secret?
• Compare how a chameleon and a snowshoe hare use
  camouflage.
• Why cant a screech owl hide in as many places as
  a chameleon?
• What does the story They Thought They Saw Him
  add to what you know about camouflage?

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Meet the Author

• Craig Kee Strete creates different types of
  writing. How are they alike? How are they
  different?
• What can you learn about Craig Kee Stretes life
  from reading They Thought They Saw Him?

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Meet the Illustrators

• What job does each of these artists have when
  they work together on a book?
• What makes you think Ariane Dewey might have
  enjoyed painting a story about a chameleon?