Guiding Comprehension

Main Idea • Inferential

What sentence states the main idea of paragraph 1 on p. 228?

"Next we made empanadas de calabaza—pumpkin turnovers."

Fact and Opinion

• Critical

Is it a fact or opinion to say Some customers come to our bakery just for her turnovers? Why?

Fact; you can check it out by interviewing customers to find out if some do come just for the turnovers.

then… use the skill and strategy instruction on
p. 229.

If… students have difficulty deciding if the statement is a fact or opinion,

Fact and Opinion

Predict • Critical

Based on what you have read so far, how do you think the story will develop?

Possible response: Pablo will help make more baked goods and will try to decide what to take to school for International Day.

Have students look up Hispanic baked goods on the Internet to learn what some Hispanic families enjoy eating for dessert.

SKILLS

STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT

Fact and
Opinion

TEACH

Remind students that a statement of fact can be proved true or false. Explain that they can prove something true or false by reading, observing, or asking an expert.
Tell students that a statement of opinion tells a person's ideas or feelings. It cannot be proved true or false.
Model how to determine if the sentence from p. 228 is a statement of fact or opinion.

MODEL Pablo says "Some customers come to our bakery just for her turnovers." I decide it is a statement of fact because someone could ask the customers if they come to the bakery just for that.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

Have students find a statement of opinion on p. 229 and explain how they identified it. (Possible response: "You'll figure it out," Pablo's mother says, offering her opinion about the future. The statement can be proved only in the future.)
To assess, use Practice Book 3.2, p. 86.

Practice Book 3.2 p. 86

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"Jalapeño Bagels"
by Natasha Wing

Student Edition
Unit 5, pp. 224–237

Realistic fiction tells about events that could happen in real life. Does anything in this Selection Snapshot remind you of an event from your own life?

Pablo's school is having an International Day on Monday, and all the children are bringing something from their culture. Mama tells Pablo he can bring a treat from the family's bakery. He can come to the bakery on Sunday and help Mama and Papa bake. Then he can choose a treat for International Day. Pablo thinks this is a good idea.
Early Sunday morning, the family walks to the bakery. First, Pablo and Mama make pan dulce. Mama makes the best Mexican sweet bread. After all the ingredients are mixed, Mama and Pablo knead the sweet bread dough. Then they form rolls and loaves and put them in the oven. Pablo thinks about taking pan dulce to school for International Day.
Then Mama and Pablo make pumpkin turnovers, another Mexican treat. People come to the bakery just to buy Mama's delicious turnovers. Pablo thinks of taking them to school. Pablo helps Mama make chango bars. He puts extra chocolate chips into the dough so the batch of chango bars will be extra special. He thinks about taking chango bars to school.
Then Pablo helps Papa. He is making challa, using Bubbe's recipe. Bubbe is the Yiddish word for Grandmother, and challa is a Jewish braided bread. Pablo thinks about taking the braided bread to school.
Then Papa begins to make bagels. He rolls the dough into a long rope. He cuts it into pieces and connects the ends of the pieces so they look like doughnuts. The dough is allowed to rise. Papa boils the bagels, sprinkles them with toppings, and puts them in the oven. Pablo likes to eat them with cream cheese and jam. Papa likes to eat lox with them, but Pablo does not like fish with his bagels. Pablo thinks about taking bagels to school for International Day.
Mama and Papa work together to make one kind of treat—jalapeño bagels. Mama cuts the jalapeño peppers. She puts them and bits of dried red peppers into the dough Papa makes. Then they form and cook the bagels.
Mama tells Pablo that he must decide what treat to take to school. They need to set it aside so no one buys it. Pablo looks at the wonderful Mexican treats. He looks at the delicious challa and bagels. It's a hard decision. Then he makes up his mind.
"I will take jalapeño bagels to school for International Day. They are a mixture of two great cultures, just like me!"



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	Build Background Students from some cultures may be unfamiliar with pumpkins. Show students a picture of a pumpkin or draw them one. Explain that a pumpkin is a large orange fruit on a trailing vine. It has a soft pulp with many seeds and a firm outer rind. People use pumpkins to make pies, breads, cookies, and a variety of other foods. Pumpkins are commonly eaten in the fall when they are harvested.

"Jalapeño Bagels"by Natasha Wing

"Jalapeño Bagels"
by Natasha Wing