The Big Team Relay Race

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The Big Team Relay Race

• By Leonard Kessler

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Words to Know
Relay race a race between teams, in which each
team members completes only one part of the race.
Track a round path that runners use
Wiggle to shake your body all over also how
some animals move along the ground
To cross the finish line to go over the end
mark for a race
Zoom a sound that means very fast
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Talk About It
When have you been in a race?
Did you win? How did you feel?
What do you do when someone else wins?
How does a relay race work?
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Lets Watch a Race!
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Lets Take a Picture Walk
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Summarizing
Good readers summarize as they read to help them
better understand the story. When we summarize
we tell 1. The important events in the
story 2. In the order that they happened
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Its Time to Read
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Comprehension Questions
3. How was dogs problem solved?
1. What does worm want to do? Why cant she?
2. What is dogs problem at the beginning of the
story?
4. Who is on each team?
5. What happened to duck?
6. How did worm save the day?
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Cause and Effect- As you read you must consider
what happens in the story and why it happens.
What happens is the effect. Why it happens is
the cause. Find the effect first, then find what
caused it to happen.
EFFECT
CAUSE
Dog didnt have a stick and he needed one to
play the game
Worm became dogs stick
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EFFECT
CAUSE
Its a relay race, and the characters have to
give their sticks to the other team member
Cat, Rabbit, and Duck are given sticks by Turtle,
Frog, and Dog.
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EFFECT
CAUSE
Duck fell into a big mud puddle
Duck tripped over her big feet
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EFFECT
CAUSE
Worm wiggled past the finish line
The Yankees win the race!
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Checking Comprehension

• What does this story have to do with playing
  games?
• What did you learn from this story about the way
  team members must act?
• What did you learn about Worm from the way she
  acts in the story?