Where the Red Fern Grows

1. Where the Red Fern Grows Spelling- VCV, VCCV, VCCCV Patterns VCVVCCV VCCCV Bal/ance law/yer sup/ply Mi/nus au/thor meth/od Practice Book Page 201 for Homework

2. Where the Red Fern Grows Essential Questions How does making predictions help you to become a better reader? How can we take facts from the story and make generalizations about people and events in the story?

3. Where the Red Fern Grows In your journal, make a list of items you might find in most school classrooms. Mr. Fisher will write your answers on the board. Most classrooms in our school have ………..

4. Where the Red Fern Grows Notes in Journal -Making Generalizations A valid generalization is a broad statement based on facts and can be verified. Signal Words (most, usually, often, many, sometimes).

5. Where the Red Fern Grows ALL classrooms have computers, VCRs and globes. Notes in Journal Overgeneralizations are statements that cannot be supported by facts but are based on people’s feelings. Signal Words ( all, always, everyone, never, and nobody) Teaching Master ES 3-2 Making Generalizations

6. Where the Red Fern Grows Teacher Read Aloud Peak Experience by John Alderman How can you test the statement “The Selkirks are one of the roughest and most remote mountain ranges in North America is based on fact?

7. Where the Red Fern Grows 2) Is Michelle making a generalization when she is quoted as saying. “It’s rare that people our age are given this much responsibility.” 3) What is generally true about wilderness locations?

8. Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary- copy into your Language Arts Journal cheap- costing very little Depot- a railroad station Determination- the firm intention to accomplish a goal Provisions- necessary supplies, especially food Urgency- the need to do something quickly Wares- items for sale

9. Where the Red Fern Grows The Great Depression 1929-1942 What do the photographs show on page 244-245? Great Depression Video

10. Where the Red Fern Grows Reading Day #1 Read page 247-252 Comprehension Questions #1-4 Making Generalizations Guided Practice Practice Book # 196 Entries for pgs. 247- 252.

11. Where the Red Fern Grows Reading Day # 2 Read Pages 252-255 Comprehension questions #5-7 Practice Book #196 for pages 253-254

12. Where the Red Fern Grows Reading Day # 3 Read Pages 257-262 Comprehension questions #8-11 Practice Book #196 for pages 257-264

13. Where the Red Fern Grows Practice Book page 197 Making generalizations for homework. In your journal write the following for Red Fern Characters, Setting, Plot