Scott Foresman Reading Street

Reader Response

Open for Discussion Personal Response

MODEL I think she probably knew a lot about dogs, and she must have researched Lewis and Clark's expedition.

Comprehension Check Critical Response

She wanted to show the words exactly as Lewis wrote them in his journal.
Author's Purpose
Responses will vary but should include details from the text that support students' thinking.
Author's Purpose
Possible response: Seaman loves Lewis. He expresses love by doing things for him, like hunting squirrels.
Answer Questions
Responses will vary but should include at least one word from the Words to Know list and other words from the selection.
Vocabulary

Look Back and Write For test practice, assign a 10–15 minute time limit. For assessment, see the rubric on TR23.

Summarize

Have students summarize the story using their completed KWL charts.

Retell

Have students retell Lewis and Clark and Me.

then… use the Scoring Rubric for Retelling below to help move them toward fluent retelling.

If… students have difficulty retelling the story,

Check Retelling

Summarize Think about the main events in Lewis and Clark and Me. Write four or five sentences summarizing the story in your own words.

Check Retelling Have students use the selection illustrations and section titles to guide their retellings. For more ideas on assessing students' retellings, see the ELL and Transition Handbook.

Students can search a bookseller's Web site for more books illustrated by Michael Dooling. They may also find reviews of the books.

Online Student Edition Snapshot Response with answer key (pdf)

Look Back and Write Seaman was a dog with special qualities. Reread page 47. List some of the qualities that made him special.

Reread the parts from Meriwether Lewis's journal. Some of the words are misspelled. Why didn't the author correct them?

An author's purpose can be to help readers visualize a scene. Do you think this might have been one of Laurie Myers's purposes? Explain.

How does Seaman feel about Lewis? How does he express these feelings? Use examples from the story to explain your answer.

What would you include in a newspaper ad for a Newfoundland like Seaman? Write an ad, using words from the Words to Know list and the selection.

Open for Discussion A dog couldn't write a journal, could he? So how did the author, Laurie Myers, seem to get Seaman's words? Explain this mystery.

Reader Response

Meet the Author and the Illustrator Laurie Myers and Michael Dooling

Read more
books by Laurie
Myers and Michael Dooling.

Surviving Brick Johnson
by Laurie Myers

is like Halloween!" he says. He also visits schools
to teach children about history and art. He comes
dressed in a colonial costume and takes children
through the steps of making picture books.

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin
by James Cross
Giblin, illustrated by Michael Dooling

I saw in Seaman and Lewis a unique closeness that I wanted to express.”
To prepare, Ms. Myers read a lot of books about the expedition. “I most enjoyed reading the actual journals by Lewis and Clark. They’re filled with great descriptions of wildlife and the adventures they had.”

Laurie Myers says she got the idea for Lewis and Clark and Me after reading about Meriwether Lewis and his dog. "I've had many dogs over the years and I've been closer to some than others.

Michael Dooling also helped research the book before doing the pictures. He often asks family
and friends to pose in historical costumes
while he draws or paints.
"Every day at my house