Read Aloud: Dinner with Kay

Read Aloud:​​

Dinner with Kay

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

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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.​

​​→ 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.

​Objectives:

Dinner with Kay

​The next day, Martez visits Kay’s house for dinner. Kay’s mom serves corn on the cob.

Martez tells Kay’s mom, “I like this corn a lot! You are a good cook!”

“Thank you!” says Kay’s mom.

Compare/Contrast Fiction

​“I got the corn on sale!” Kay’s dad brags. Kay’s dad smiles. He is proud to think that he got good corn for such a good price.

Martez says, “This corn is so sweet. You are a good shopper .”

Compare/Contrast Fiction

​After dinner, Kay and Martez run outside.They splash in the pool and play tag.

While doing the dishes, Kay’s mom says,“What good manners that Martez has!”

“Yes,” says Kay’s dad. “And he ate all of the food on his plate!”

When playtime is finished, Martez runs inside to thank Kay’s mom and dad for dinner.

Then he asks, “Can Kay have dinner at our house tomorrow?”

Kay’s mom and dad say she can. They like Martez.

Compare/Contrast Fiction

Multiple Choice

What did Kay's mom serve?

Multiple Choice

Where do Kay and Martez play?

Open Ended

Why does Kay's mom like Martez?

Open Ended

What does it mean to have good manners? Use a specific example.