Serena's Simple Shoes

Serena's Simple Shoes

Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others

What are ways that we can help and encourage others?

Goals & Objectives

Vocabulary

• 1. prepare- get ready

• 2. precise- exact

• 3. aisle- open area between sections of seats

• 4. drenched- soaking wet

• 5. strolled- walked slowly without a care

• 6. entered- went in

• 7. practical- useful 8. argue- have a disgareement

Summarizing Page 21

Think about the most important parts.

Serena says she needs a new pair of

shoes. Her old shoes are worn out. Her mother says they’ll go to the shoe store.

#1. Use sequence words to tell how Serena gets ready to go outside.

• First...

• Next...

• Then...

Multiple Choice

#2. What conclusion can you draw about what galoshes do?

• They help keep old shoes in one piece.

• They make your shoes look nicer.

• They protect your shoes from getting wet.

• They keep your shoes from flapping.

Day 2: Let's Review

• What are galoshes?

• Why does Serena need to wear galoshes?

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Summarizing Page 23

• Let me think about the important parts from that page.

• Serena and her mom go out in the rain. They wait for the bus, and they get on.

• This is all IMPORTANT because it has to do with Serena going to buy new shoes!

Preview Team Talk

Multiple Choice

What do you think the driver means when he says "it's a wet one out there?"

• He spilled his water.

• It's raining hard and everything is wet.

• He is drooling over delicious food.

• It's only raining just a little bit.

Team Talk #2. How is riding the bus different for Serena than it is for her mom?

Think and discuss.

Multiple Choice

3. Why does a man walking outside get wet from a puddle?

• He is stomping through the puddle.

• Someone pushes him in the puddle.

• A car drives through a puddle.

• He trips and falls in a puddle.

#4 Write On

Read the following list of important events that happen in the story. Then write a short summary about this part of the story. (Write‐On) |SU|

Serena and Mom get on the bus.

They find two seats.

Serena watches out the window.

*TW guide and model on doc camera*

Word Power- Synonyms

Synonyms- words that have the same meaning

COAT

Can you think of a synonym for coat?

Multiple Select

Choose a synonym for paste.

• craft

• glue

• white

• Elmer's

Open Ended

Write a synonym for pretty.

Serena's Simple Shoes

Day 3

Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others

What are ways that we can help and encourage others?

Goals & Objectives

Vocabulary

• 1. prepare- get ready

• 2. precise- exact

• 3. aisle- open area between sections of seats

• 4. drenched- soaking wet

• 5. strolled- walked slowly without a care

• 6. entered- went in

• 7. practical- useful 8. argue- have a disgareement

Open Ended

Write a meaningful sentence for the word drenched.

Day 3: Let's Review

• What does Mom have to do that Serena does not have to do on the bus?

Multiple Select

Help me choose the important events to write a summary from page 26. Choose 3 events that are important.

• Hello, said Serena.

• Serena talks to the boy in the store.

• Serena clapped.

• The boy tells her to pick a good pair of shoes.

• Serena sings a song about shopping for shoes.

Let's Discuss!

• #1. How is the weather different when Serena and mom get off the bus from when they got on?

Multiple Choice

#2. What is the effect of ringing the bell?

• The bus pulls over and stops.

• The bus speeds up.

• The bus riders win prizes.

Let's Discuss!

• #3. What words do Serena rhyme together when she sings (on this page)?

#4. Summarizing

• Use the sentences below to write a summary for page 27.

• Mom rings the bell.

  Serena and Mom get off the bus.

  They walk to Frank’s Fancy Footwear.

Word Power- Synonyms

Synonyms- words that have the same meaning

What is a synonym for each word?

Open Ended

Write a synonym for the word drenched.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct synonym for the word cover.

• shoe

• blanket

• brush

• tablet

Serena's Simple Shoes

Day 4

Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others

What are ways that we can help and encourage others?

Goals & Objectives

Vocabulary

• 1. prepare- get ready

• 2. precise- exact

• 3. aisle- open area between sections of seats

• 4. drenched- soaking wet

• 5. strolled- walked slowly without a care

• 6. entered- went in

• 7. practical- useful 8. argue- have a disgareement

Open Ended

Type one word that you KNOW from the vocabulary list. You must know how to say it and the meaning.

Open Ended

Write a meaningful sentence for the word strolled.

Day 4: Let's Review

• How does Serena's mom stop the bus?

Summarizing Page 27

• Let me think about the important parts from that page. I'll choose three important things to help me summarize. Keep it SHORT!

• Serena and her mom go into the shoe store. She touched and pointed at shoes she liked. Serena and mom go to the kids shoe section in the store.

• This is all IMPORTANT because it has to do with Serena buying new shoes!

Page 28

Page 28 continued

Let's Discuss!

• #1. Look at the drawing on this page. What do you think the tags on the shoes mean?

• #2. How does Mom think the simple brown shoes are different from the fancy boots?

Multiple Choice

#3. Which of the following do you think Serena will do?

I think Serena will...

• a. choose to buy the simple brown shoes

• b. argue with her mom about the boots

• c. choose to buy the fancy leather boots

• d. leave the story without buying any new shoes

SW write on paper their summary for page 28.

Multiple Select

Done with your summary?

Did you...

Check each box to make sure your summary is complete before we read them aloud!

• retell important parts

• leave out less important info

• keep it short

• write at least 3 detailed sentences

Word Power- Synonyms

Synonyms- words that have the same meaning

Synonym for clothes

Synonym for thin

Open Ended

Write a synonym for the word: super

You got an A on your test? Thats SUPER!!!

Multiple Choice

Belinda had to prepare to sing by practicing the song and making sure she knew all the words to it. Prepare means—

• wait

• get ready

• delay

• get nervous