Anne Miller Written by JANE MEDIANS The pictures were made by ED MARTINEZ.

Anne Miller

Written by JANE MEDIANS

The pictures were made by ED MARTINEZ

Anne Miller

Author: Jane Medina

Illustrator: Ed Martinez

The ________writes the stories.

Story Summary: Inspired by his grandfather's storytelling, Tomás Rivera used his love for stories to become a reader, writer, teacher, and professor.

The ___________ draws the pictures.

author

illustrator

Anne Miller

Author: Jane

Medina

Tomas Riverá

Jane Medina lives and works in Orange, California. She is an elementary school teacher.

Jane Medina likes to write poems. My Name Is Jorge is her first book of poetry.

She lives with her husband and two children. They speak both Spanish and English in their home.

Anne Miller

Genre -

Look for:• Information about the

life of the person.

• Pictures that show what the person looks like and help explain what his or her life is like.

BiographyA biography is a story that is written about a real person.

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Writing

This boy is writing a story about pigs.

writingputting words

down on paper

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Work workThis is hard work. to do a job

This is hard work.

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Read

readto be ableto look at

andunderstandwords

Dr. Newman will read a book on top of the school.

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got bigger

Grew

grew

The caterpillar grew into a butterfly.

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Family Family - people

who live together, such as parents, children, and relatives

family

There are seven people in this family.

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By

by

This moose is by the side of the road.

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Books Books - things with covers and

pages meant to be read

books

These books are for you.

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About

about

The children are learning about Native Americans.

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1. Say the words.

2. Read the sentence.

3. Fill in the blank.

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writingworkreadgrewfamily

bybooksabout

This chick __________ into a

chicken.

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These boys are standing ______ a bush.

booksworkread

familygrew

bywritingabout

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This ________ is having Thanksgiving dinner.

bybookswritingworkreadgrewfamilyabout

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These boys like to _________.

aboutby

writingworkread

booksfamilygrew

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He is _____ a story about monsters.

workby

aboutbookswritinggrewread

family

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They have read lots of AR ______.

bookswritingworkgrewfamilyreadbyabout

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Mrs. Keppel loves to _____ books.

familybooksworkreadgrewabout

writingby

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Firemen ________ to save lives.

grewaboutfamilybookswritin

gwork

byread

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Match the words to its meaning.

1. grew ___

2. family ____

3. about ___

4. work ____

5. by ____

6. writing _____

7. books ____

8. read ___

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

A. -putting words down on paper

B. - to do a jobC. - to be able to look at and

understand words; did read

D. - got biggerE. - people who live

together, such as parents, children, and relatives

F. - past; besideG. -things with covers and

pages meant to be readH. - having to do with

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Say the Sight Words

city

housesometim

es may old

onceopen

over

put

round

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New words in the story: Did You See Chip?

missfarmwalkparkwish

friendshardcheer

Yip-yip

catch could bark our

think cart

swings smart thanks

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Word Power

I read a lot of books. I have started writing

too. I want to tell about my family. I will tell how I grew up by a

farm. Writing can be hard work. But it’s fun.

Anne Miller

Anne Miller

SitesYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them.

Reading SkillsTest Tutor Tomas Rivera Mrs. AlphabetTomas Rivera Interactive Site