Read Aloud: Martez, Martez, Martez

Read Aloud:

Martez, Martez, Martez

By Shelia Wright

​Standards and Indicators:

​Literary

RL.MC.5.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read. 

RL.MC.5.2 Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

RL.MC.7.1 Retell text, including beginning, middle, and end; use key details to determine the theme in a text heard or read. 

RL.MC.7.2 Read or listen closely to compare and contrast familiar texts and texts in author and genre studies

Informational

RI.MC.5.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read. 

RI.MC.5.2 Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

RI.MC.7.1 Compare and contrast topics or ideas within a thematic or author study heard, read, or viewed.

​Objectives:

​→ I can ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of text.

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→ I can compare and contrast texts in a specific genre or by a specific author.

Martez, Martez, Martez

Kay’s dad checks Kay’s plate .

“Kay,” he says, “have some of your coleslaw! Food is not free!”

Kay smiles . “Food is not free” is something her dad says a lot. He is a man who likes to save as much cash as he can. He hates paying for food that ends up in the trash .

Kay cuts her pork chop and lifts a bite of it into the air .

Compare/Contrast Text (Fiction)

“Martez likes pork chops,” Kay says . “But he hates coleslaw .”

Kay pops the bite of pork chop in her mouth. Then she says, “Martez likes to play hopscotch and draw pictures with crayons .”

After a bit, she adds, “Martez can run the fastest on the playground.”

“Martez, Martez, Martez!” says Kay’s dad. “Who is this Martez?”

“He’s my pal .”

Compare/Contrast Text (Fiction)

“Is Martez in your class?” asks Kay’s mom.

Kay nods .

“Is he nice?”

“He is the best!”

“So should we invite Martez to visit us for dinner?”

“Yes!” says Kay with a shout. “Can we invite him tomorrow?”

Compare/Contrast Text (Fiction)

Open Ended

What upsets Kay's dad? Why?

Multiple Choice

Who is Martez?

• Kay's brother

• Kay's friend

• Kay's cousin

Multiple Select

What does Martez like to play?

Pick two!

Open Ended

Do you think Kay likes Martez? What does she say that makes you think that?