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DURING READING
Reader Response
Open for Discussion Personal Response
Think Aloud MODEL I remind myself of the big idea and what Mr. Kang learns during the story. I think the poems are different because Mr. Kang feels one way in the beginning of the story and another way at the end. These poems reflect his feelings.
Comprehension Check Critical Response
  1. Responses will vary, but should include valid explanations. Author’s Purpose
  2. Sam helps Mr. Kang realize that like him, the bird is not free to live its life the way it chooses. Target Skill Cause and Effect
  3. Responses will vary, but should include valid explanations.
    Target Skill Use Graphic Organizers
  4. Responses will vary but should show an understanding of the words. Target Skill Vocabulary
TEST PRACTICE Look Back and Write For test practice, assign a 10–15 minute time limit. For assessment, see the Scoring Rubric at the right.
Retell
Have students retell Happy Birthday Mr. Kang.
SUCCESS PREDICTOR
Monitor Progress
then… use the Retelling Cards and the Scoring Rubric for Retelling on p. 327 to assist fluent retelling.
If… students have difficulty retelling the story,
Check Retelling Rubric
ELL
Check Retelling Have students use illustrations and other text features to guide their retellings. Let students listen to other retellings before attempting their own. See the ELL and Transition Handbook.
Write Now
Look at the Prompt Have students identify and discuss key words and phrases in the prompt. (facts, outline a topic from the story)
Strategies to Develop Sentences
Have students
  • find examples of sentences and phrases and explain how they are different.
  • use either phrases or sentences consistently in their outline.
NO: Flowers for many birds
   People send for shrubs from
   Asia to plant in the garden.
YES: Flowers attract many birds.
    People send for shrubs from
    Asia  to plant in the garden.
For additional suggestions and rubric, see pp. 331g–331h.
Hints for Better Writing
  • Carefully read the prompt.
  • Choose main ideas for your outline.
  • Support your ideas with information and details.
  • Use Roman numerals, capital letters, and numbers to organize your outline.
  • Proofread and edit your work.
Retelling: SUCCESS PREDICTOR
TEST PRACTICE
Look Back and Write Sam told his grandfather to make a
birthday wish. What did Mr. Kang wish? Look back at page 311.
Write about the wish. Use details from the story in your answer.
Meet author and illustrator Susan L. Roth on page 409.
Find the most interesting illustration in the story. Pretend that
you are the artist. Explain how and why you made that illustration. Think Like an Author
1.
What caused Mr. Kang to change his mind about his hua mei ? Cause and Effect
2.
Did you create a graphic organizer as you read? If so, tell how
it helped you. If not, what kind of graphic organizer could have
helped? Tell why. Graphic Organizer
3.
Write Mr. Kang a note to wish him a happy birthday. Use words
from the Words to Know list and from the story. Vocabulary
4.
Open for Discussion Read Mr. Kang's first poem out loud.
Then read his last poem out loud. Why are the two poems so
different from each other?
Reader Response
Write Now: Outline
Prompt
Happy Birthday Mr. Kang tells about a
special bird and a wish.
Think about some of the facts in the
story.
Now use the story and the library or
Internet to outline a topic from the story.
Writing Trait
Use either phrases or
complete sentences in
your outline, but not
both.
Student Model
Student Model
Use the model to help you write your own outline.
Important
details
are shown
with
Roman
numerals.
Information
is organized
into topics
and subtopics.
Writer used complete sentences instead of phrases in this outline.
 
   
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Scoring Rubric
Look Back and Write
Top-Score Response A top-score response will use details from the selection to tell about Mr. Kang's birthday wish.
Example of a Top-Score Response Mr. Kang has three birthday wishes. Mr. Kang's first wish is to read The New York Times every day. His second wish is to paint poems every day. His third wish is to have a hua mei bird in a cage. This is a special wish because a hua mei is a Chinese bird. It is also special because his grandfather had one. Mr. Kang will feed the bird every day and take it to the park on Sundays.
For additional rubrics, see p. WA10.
Scoring Rubric    Narrative Retelling
Rubric 4 3 2 1
Connections
Makes connections and generalizes beyond the text
Makes connections to other events, stories, or experiences
Makes a limited connection to another event, story, or experience
Makes no connection to another event, story, or experience
Author's
Purpose
Elaborates on author’s purpose
Tells author's purpose with some clarity
Makes some connection to author's purpose
Makes no connection to author's purpose
Characters
Describes the main character(s) and any character development
Identifies the main character(s) and gives some information about them
Inaccurately identifies some characters or gives little information about them
Inaccurately
identifies the characters or gives no information about them
Setting
Describes the time and location
Identifies the time and location
Omits details of time or location
Is unable to identify time or location
Plot
Describes the problem, goal, events, and ending using rich detail
Tells the problem, goal, events, and ending with some errors that do not affect meaning
Tells parts of the problem, goal, events, and ending with gaps that affect meaning
Retelling has no sense of story
Selection Test To assess with Happy Birthday Mr. Kang, use Selection Tests, pp. 105–108.
Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test Practice For weekly leveled practice, use pp. 157–162.
Retelling Plan
  • Week 1 Assess Strategic Intervention students.
  • This week assess Advanced students.
  • Week 3 Assess Advanced students.
  • Week 4 Assess On-level students.
  • Week 5 Assess any students you have
    not yet checked during this unit.
Use the Retelling Chart on
p. TR16 to record retelling.