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The Talking Cloth

The Talking Cloth. Third Grade. Storytelling Trees. I am going to read aloud an article about totem poles and how they have been made over centuries. Do you know any ways to tell stories without words?. Comprehension. What must a tree be like to be chosen to become a storytelling tree?

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The Talking Cloth

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  1. The Talking Cloth Third Grade

  2. Storytelling Trees • I am going to read aloud an article about totem poles and how they have been made over centuries. • Do you know any ways to tell stories without words?

  3. Comprehension • What must a tree be like to be chosen to become a storytelling tree? • What details show that totem-pole carving today is different than it was in the past? • What details show that raising a totem pole long ago was hard work?

  4. It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary Words we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

  5. Ashanti Cloth Vocabulary • collector: a person who gathers things or has a collection.

  6. collection: a group of objects with something in common

  7. flourish: a dramatic waving motion; a showy way of doing something

  8. royalty: members of a royal family, such as, kings, queens, princess, and princes.

  9. embroidered: decorate by sewing designs with thread or yarn.

  10. symbols: designs that stand for other things or ideas

  11. wealth: plenty of money or other valuable things

  12. I can summarize to better understand a story. • Put into your own words the important ideas or details in a story. • Remember: it helps to ask yourself questions in your head. (ex. Who is the main character?)

  13. Noting Details Details are important to a story because: • give information about story characters and setting. • help readers understand what a character is thinking or feeling. • give a story a particular mood or feeling. • Some details can be found in the illustrations, as well as, the text.

  14. Cluster MapsPB pg. 131TE 216 Listen to The Talking Cloth

  15. Cluster MapsPB pg. 131TE 216

  16. We are Finished

  17. It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary Words we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

  18. Ashanti Cloth Vocabulary We will be going over your vocabulary words from The Talking Cloth.

  19. Ashanti Cloth Vocabulary • collector: a person who gathers things or has a collection.

  20. collection: a group of objects with something in common

  21. Noting DetailsTE pg. 219 Name details about Aunt Phoebe’s appearance on pg. 219. What do these details say about the kind of person she is? In your group list the decorative or art objects illustrated on pgs. 218-219.

  22. Contractions • A contraction is a shortened form of two words. When you’re older, you can have the talking cloth.

  23. Using Contractions He’s listening now. We aren’t going yet. They’re already late. You’ll carry the cloth. Take turns reading the sentence to your number partner. Then write the contraction and the two words that make up the contraction.

  24. wasn’t we’re I’ll was not we are I will

  25. TE pg.233G Choral read The Talking Cloth

  26. When you are Finished

  27. It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary Words we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

  28. Ashanti Cloth Vocabulary We will be going over your vocabulary words from The Talking Cloth.

  29. flourish: a dramatic waving motion; a showy way of doing something

  30. royalty: members of a royal family, such as, kings, queens, princess, and princes.

  31. Noting Details Reread pgs. 195-196 in The Talking Cloth. What details help you understand why Aunt Phoebe calls the cloth a “talking cloth”?

  32. Noting Details Chart Adinkra Cloth Color of the Cloth What it means white joy

  33. Contractions he + is = ___________ she + will = ___________ was + not = ____________ they + are = __________ I + will = ____________

  34. More Contractions Partner read The Talking Cloth _________ + __________ = it’s _________ + __________ = you’re _________ + __________ = hasn’t _________ + __________ = isn’t _________ + __________ = we’re

  35. When you are Finished

  36. It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary Words we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

  37. embroidered: decorate by sewing designs with thread or yarn.

  38. symbols: designs that stand for other things or ideas

  39. wealth: plenty of money or other valuable things

  40. Plural Nouns Which words in these sentences are plural nouns? The ruins of an ancient Greek stadium gave Pierre de Coubertin the idea for the Olympic. An athlete trains for years to win a metal. The first U.S. female Olympic star, Babe Didrikson, entered three track and field events.

  41. Singular Nouns Which words in these sentences are singular nouns? Judges awarded medals to the winners of each contest. Hockey was first played in the 1920 games.

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