Scott Foresman Reading Street

Reader Response

Open for Discussion Personal Response

MODEL The scariest adventure was the huge storm at sea. The ship turned on its side, and it looked like everyone would drown.

Comprehension Check Critical Response

1.	It's interesting to read the story from her perspective. She talks about things other children are interested in. Author's Purpose
2.	Many students will say they read the story quickly because it was entertaining. *Author's Purpose*
3.	Responses will vary. Some students will say they predicted the family would survive since Matilda was telling the story. Predict
4.	Celestial: "of the sky or outer space." Navigation: "skill of finding a ship's position or course. " Celestial navigation: "finding a ship's position or course by using the stars." *Vocabulary*

Look Back and Write For test practice, assign a 10–15 minute time limit. For assessment, see the rubric on TR22.

Summarize

Have students summarize the story using their completed webs on sailing ships or other graphic organizers they created as they read.

Retell

Have students retell Sailing Home.

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 Write a summary of the Madsens’ life at sea. In four or five sentences tell the most important events.

Check Retelling Have students use the selection illustrations to guide their retellings. Model retelling by talking about the first picture. For more ideas on assessing students' retellings, see the ELL and Transition Handbook.

To find out more about this author/ illustrator team, students can search a library online catalog or a bookseller's Web site for books by Gloria Rand or Ted Rand.

Online Student Edition Snapshot Response with answer key (pdf)

Look Back and Write Describe the adventure of the kangaroo
and the pet pig. Based on what you read on page 523, tell what
happened to them.

Why does the author tell the Madsens’ true story as if Matilda
were telling it?

Figuring out the author's purpose helps you adjust the way you read.
Did you read Sailing Home quickly or slowly? Why?

Did you predict that the Madsens would survive the storm at sea? Explain what you thought would happen and why.

The children tell of learning about celestial navigation. Celestial navigation is an open compound. Figure out the meaning of each part of the compound and then tell what the compound means.

Open for Discussion Suppose you were with the Madsens for five months at sea. Describe your best adventure, your worst adventure,
or your scariest adventure.

Reader Response

Read more
books by Gloria
and Ted Rand.

state. So it's not surprising that they have made
books together about the sea that surrounds them.
The Rands also spend a lot of time hiking in the
forest near their home.

Sailing Home is the fifth
book about sailing that Gloria
Rand has written and her
husband, Ted Rand, has
illustrated. Gloria and Ted
Rand live with their two
children on St. Mercer Island off the coast of Washington

The Cabin Key

Fighting for the Forest

Ted Rand has been an award-winning
illustrator of children's books for many years.
Gloria Rand began writing children's books in
1989 at the suggestion of her husband. "I like to
write and I'm a natural exaggerator, which
doesn't hurt," she says. "I research carefully
with each new manuscript, no matter what the
subject. It frees me from worrying that I'm going
to pass on misinformation to readers. I also try
to keep my writing simple and clear."