Scott Foresman Reading Street

For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach

Plot and Theme, Visualize, and
Lesson Vocabulary, see pp. LR28–LR36.

Two Bad Ants
Group Time

Leveled Reader
Goldilocks and the Three Bears

BEFORE READING Have students create webs with selfish in the center. This book tells how Goldilocks used her freedom in a selfish way. As you read, look for ways Goldilocks was selfish. Record the information on your web.

DURING READING Have students follow along as you read pp. 3–7.
Then let them complete the book on their own. Remind students to add details to their web as they read.

AFTER READING Have students compare the details on their webs. Point out that details about Goldilocks using freedom in a selfish way will help them as they read tomorrow's selection, Two Bad Ants.

Build Background

DEVELOP VOCABULARY Write the word
fascinated and ask students to define it in their
own words. (When you are fascinated by something, you are really interested in it.) Give an example of something that you are fascinated by. Use the word fascinated when you tell about it. (Possible responses: I'm fascinated by snakes, video games, soccer.) Repeat this activity with the word intruder and other words from the Leveled Reader Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Use the Concept Vocabulary Routine on p. DI•1 as needed.

Independent Extension Activity

CREATE A MURAL Assign the article on p. 22 of A
Fantastic Field Trip. Then have students find facts
about other insects that might live in the
Entomological Zoo. Throughout the week, have
students work on a mural, drawing and labeling
giant insects that are based on scientific facts.

Leveled Reader
A Fantastic Field Trip

BEFORE READING Recall the Read Aloud "The Boy Who Stopped Time." For a while Julian was free to do as he pleased. How did his feelings about this freedom change? (First he was happy and excited. Then he became sad because he was all alone.) "The Boy Who Stopped Time" is a fantasy. Today you will read a fantasy about a field trip in which insects live free in a very special zoo.

CREATIVE THINKING Have students read the Leveled Reader independently. Encourage them to think critically and creatively. For example, ask:

What is mysterious about the zoo?
Why do you think the author wrote the story this way?
How could you add to the story to explain the size of the insects?

AFTER READING Have students select five or more unfamiliar words and determine their meanings. Then have students use the words as they write a short story about one of the giant insects escaping from the zoo. Have students meet with you to discuss their stories and how they used the words. Invite students to share their stories.