Scott Foresman Reading Street

Word and
Selection Reading

If… students have difficulty reading story words from the Decodable Reader,

then… reteach them by modeling blending or reading multisyllabic words.

If… partners have difficulty reading the Leveled
Reader on
their own,

then… have them follow along as they listen to the Online Leveled Reader Audio.

Elena's Serenade
Group Time

Leveled Reader Glass Blowing

REINFORCE CONCEPTS This week's concept is freedom to create. People want to be free to make and do things that are important to them. What do you like to make? What is your
favorite activity? Are you free to do these things? Explain.

BEFORE READING Using the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1, guide students through the text focusing on key concepts and vocabulary. Ask questions such as:

pp. 8–9 This book is about the art of glassblowing. The first step is to melt the ingredients. What do glassblowers need for this? (fire)

Read pp. 3–4 aloud. Then do a choral reading of pp. 5–8. Have students read and discuss the remainder of the book with a partner. Ask: What are some things created with glass?

Decodable Reader 30

BEFORE READING Review the words on Decodable Reader p. 113. Then have students blend these story words: injured, medicine, department, firehouse, alarm, sirens, wailing, sooty, protected, station, ability. Be sure students understand the meanings of words such as injured and wailing.

Use the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1 to guide students through the text.

Preteach Phonics

RELATED WORDS Tell students that many words are similar. Write imagine and image. How do you pronounce the first word? (imagine) What does imagine mean? (to picture something in your mind) How is the second word similar to the first? (It looks like the beginning of imagine.) An image is a picture of something or someone. Imagine can help me understand what image means. Blend and read each word and have students blend the words with you.