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If… students have difficulty reading multisyllabic words in the selection,
then… have them look for and read meaningful parts in the words or have them chunk words with no recognizable parts.
If… students have difficulty reading along with the group,
then… have them follow along as they listen to the AudioText.
Elena's Serenade
DAY 3
ROUTINE
Elena's Serenade
Group Time
Strategic Intervention
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Reinforce Comprehension
Target Skill SKILL GENERALIZE Have students tell what it means to generalize (to make a statement or rule that fits a lot of examples) and list clue words that you might use when you generalize (all, most, always). If necessary, review the meaning and provide a model. When you read a story, you learn lots of details about things or people. Sometimes you can make a general statement, or a generalization, about the things or people based on what you learned. A generalization tells how the things or people are alike in some way. Most glassblowers wear safety goggles and gloves is a generalization. It tells how glassblowers are alike. The word most is a clue that the statement is a generalization.
Read aloud the following statements. Have students identify which of the ideas is a generalization (Most roadrunners are fast) and which word is a clue (most).
Most roadrunners are fast.
Roadrunner limps along.
Elena helps Roadrunner go faster.
Read Elena's Serenade, pp. 394–400
BEFORE READING Have students retell what happened in the story so far. Ask: What did you predict would happen when Elena met Coyote? What clues in the story helped you make your prediction? Reread
pp. 388–390 and model how to predict. I use story events that happened earlier to help me predict what might happen next. Elena plays music that helps Burro. Then her serenade helps Roadrunner. I used the events as clues to predict that Elena's music would help Coyote. Remind students to make predictions as they read the rest of Elena's Serenade. Target Skill STRATEGY Predict
DURING READING Follow the Guiding Comprehension routine on
pp. 394–400. Have students read along with you while tracking print or do a choral reading. Stop every two pages to ask what has happened so far. Prompt as necessary.
  • What happened when Elena finally got to the glassblowing factory?
  • How did Elena get back home?
AFTER READING How did Elena follow her dream of having the freedom to create? Reread with students for comprehension as needed. Tell them that tomorrow they will read "Leading People to Freedom," a selection about people who showed bravery in following their dream of freedom.
ROUTINE
DAY 3
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Advanced
Extend Comprehension
Target Skill SKILL GENERALIZE Have students imagine what it would be like
if no one was allowed the freedom to create art. Have them suggest generalizations about what the world would be like.
Target Skill STRATEGY PREDICT Ask students what they do to predict when they read (use things that have happened and their own prior knowledge to predict what will happen). Have a volunteer reread p. 387. Ask questions such as:
  • What did you predict would happen when Elena left home dressed as a boy?
  • Did knowing this story was a fantasy help you make your prediction? Explain.
Read Elena's Serenade, pp. 394–400
BEFORE READING Have students recall what has happened in the story so far. Remind them to make generalizations and predictions as they read the remainder of the story.
CRITICAL THINKING Have students read pp. 394–400 independently. Encourage them to think critically and creatively. For example, ask:
  • What parts of this story are fantasy?
  • What message is the author trying to tell you?
  • In what other ways might the author tell you this message?
AFTER READING Have students complete the Strategy Response Log activity (p. 398). Then have them discuss how the story would be different if it were realistic fiction. What if the characters and events were like people and events in real life? Who might Elena help? How might she solve her problem? Have students write the story as realistic fiction. Have them meet with you to read aloud their new versions.