Guiding Comprehension

Cause and Effect • Inferential

Why did the other students change their minds about Suki?

Possible response: They realized she wasn't weird at all; she was quite special.

Predict • Critical

Based on their reactions to the first day of school, how do you think the three sisters will like the rest of the year? Why?

Possible responses: Mari and Yumi may be unhappy because they worry about what other people think of them. Suki will continue to enjoy school because she knows how important it is just to be herself.

Summarize • Inferential

Text to Self Summarize the lesson you learned about judging others.

Possible response: I learned that if you judge people by looks alone, you may miss knowing the real person.

Summarize When students finish reading the selection, provide this prompt: Imagine that a friend has asked what Suki's Kimono is about. In four or five sentences, explain its important points.

STRATEGY SELF-CHECK

Predict

Ask students to prepare a chart that compares and contrasts Yumi's and Mari's reactions to the first day of school with Suki's reaction. Tell students to consider both how and why the three sisters reacted as they did. Then have students use the chart to guide them in making a prediction about how the three sisters will like the rest of the school year. Use Practice Book 3.2, p. 57.

Remind students that good readers use past events to predict future ones.
Urge students to use what they know about each sister to predict her behavior.

SELF-CHECK

Students can ask themselves these questions to assess ability to use the skill and strategy.

Was I able to identify how the three sisters are alike and different?
How did this information help me to predict their future feelings and behaviors?

then… use the Reteach lesson on
p. 169b.

If… students have difficulty comparing and contrasting and then predicting,

Compare and Contrast

Practice Book 3.2 p. 57

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"Suki's Kimono"
by Chieri Uegaki

Student Edition
Unit 5, pp. 150–163

Realistic fiction has characters and events that are like people and events in real life. Does Suki remind you of anyone you know?

It was Suki's first day of school. She put on her very favorite outfit. It was a blue cotton kimono. A kimono is like a long robe with wide sleeves. It has an obi, or belt, tied around the waist. On her feet Suki wore shiny red wooden shoes called geta.
Her sisters were not happy with Suki. "You cannot wear that to school. You must wear something cool. Others will laugh at you. You need to look cool like us."
Suki did not listen. She wanted to wear the kimono.
Grandmother had given it to Suki in the summer. She wore it to the festival Grandmother took her to. There they danced a circle dance. Grandmother was a graceful dancer. She moved to the rhythm of the music. Suki tried to copy her. Grandmother bought Suki a pale pink handkerchief at the festival. Grandmother said it would help Suki remember their day together.
Now Suki tucked the handkerchief in her snug obi. She was ready for school. Her sisters, Mari and Yumi, would not walk with her. They kept many paces ahead of her. They did not want people to think they knew her.
Suki did not care. She lifted her arms up, and the wind filled her wide sleeves. She felt like a butterfly spreading its wings.
At school Suki's sisters rushed to see their friends. They left Suki alone. Some children stared at Suki as others pointed and laughed at her. Suki sat down on the swings where she waited for the bell to ring. A girl wearing overalls came to the swings. Her name was Penny. She asked about Suki's clothes.
When the bell rang, Suki and Penny went to class. Some students laughed at Suki, which made her feel sad. Then the teacher called the class to order. Her name was Mrs. Paggio, and she asked the children to tell what they did in the summer. When her turn came, Suki talked about her kimono and told about the festival. She showed the children how she and Grandmother danced there. She danced and twirled. When she was finished, Mrs. Paggio started to clap. Penny clapped too. Soon everyone was clapping.
After school, Yumi and Mari walked home ahead of her. They were upset that no one had noticed their new clothes. Suki smiled and danced all the way home because she had been noticed.



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	PRACTICE LESSON VOCABULARY Have students provide oral responses to each question. *1. Do dancers move with rhythm* or rhyme?** (Rhythm) *2. Are Suki's dance movements graceful* or clumsy?** (Graceful) 3. Did Suki and her grandmother go to a festival or a store? (Festival) BUILD CONCEPT VOCABULARY Review previous concept words with students. Ask if students have met any words today in their reading or elsewhere that they would like to add to the Concept Web.

"Suki's Kimono" by Chieri Uegaki

"Suki's Kimono"
by Chieri Uegaki