Reading Strategies - Perfection Learning€¦ · 72069 FORSE LA CVart.indd 1 2/27/06 9:41:59 AM. Reviewers: Kathryn Black Language Program Specialist Mesa Public Schools Mesa, Arizona

Standards-Based Instruction

FOCU

S ON

Rea

din

g Stra

tegies

Perfection Learning ® Corporation1000 North Second Avenue, P.O. Box 500

Logan, Iowa 51546-0500perfectionlearning.com

Printed in the U.S.A.

#72069

Level A

The Focus on Reading Strategies program directly teaches active reading strategies

that research has shown most effectively improve reading comprehension.

Previewing

Self-Questioning

Making Connections

Visualizing

Knowing How Words Work

Monitoring

Summarizing

EvaluatingP

erfection Learning

®

Perfection Learning®

72069 FORSE LA CVart.indd 1 2/27/06 9:41:59 AM

Reviewers:Kathryn Black Language Program Specialist Mesa Public Schools Mesa, Arizona

Cindy Brunswick Literacy Coordinator Center for School Improvement University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

L. Michelle Johnson, M.Ed. Education Department Washington College Chestertown, Maryland

Jan Keese K–12 Reading Facilitator Ankeny Community Schools Ankeny, Iowa

Text ©2006 by Perfection Learning® Corporation.All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher.Printed in the United States of America.

For information, contactPerfection Learning® Corporation1000 North Second Avenue, P.O. Box 500Logan, Iowa 51546-0500Phone: 1-800-831-4190Fax: 1-800-543-2745perfectionlearning.com

ISBN 0-7891-6790-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 BA 11 10 09 08 07 06

Photo Credits: ©Corbis pp. 27 (bottom), 28 (bottom); ©Kent Vilet p. 82 (inset)

Some images www.clipart.com; www.photos.com; Corel Professional Photos; Dynamic Graphics Liquid Library; istockphoto.com; ©Perfection Learning Corporation

Illustration Credits: Michael A. Aspengren pp. 20, 28, 30, 51, 52; Sue F. Cornelison pp. 32, 72; Doug Keith pp. 34, 36; Dea Marks pp. 68, 70; Randy Messer pp. 6, 8, 11

Editorial Director: Susan C. ThiesEditor: Kathryn WinzenburgDesign Director: Randy MesserCover Design: Michael A. AspengrenBook Design: Deborah Lea BellContributing Designers: Michael A. Aspengren, Michelle Glass, Emily Greazel

Table of ContentsSection 1

Unit 1: Use Picture Clues

Lesson 1: from Great Eagle and Small One Original Yaqui Indian Legend • Ralph Moisa Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Lesson 2: Building a Birdhouse “How-to” Informational • Cathy Elliott. . . . . . . . . 13

Unit 2: Use Prior Knowledge

Lesson 3: from Wheels! Informational • Beth Dvergsten Stevens . . . . . . . . 20

Lesson 4: from The Four Seasons Informational • Molly Blaisdell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Unit 3: Sequence Events

Lesson 5: Brit Knits and Pat at Bat Fiction • Susan Wilner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Lesson 6: Saturday Night Pizza Procedural Informational • Karen Lewit Dunn . . 39

Review 1: from Which One Doesn’t Belong? Question and Answer Informational • Allyson Valentine Schrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Listening Comprehension 1: The Crow and the Pitcher • Aesop’s Fable . . . 49

continued

Section 2

Unit 4: Make Predictions

Lesson 7: from The Mystery of Apartment A-13 Fiction • M. J. Cosson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Lesson 8: from What’s the Problem? Question and Answer Informational • Karen Lewit Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Unit 5: Think About Characters

Lesson 9: from Henry and Mudge: The First Book Fiction • Cynthia Rylant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Lesson 10: from Little Fish Original Yaqui Indian Legend • Ralph Moisa Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Unit 6: Use Retelling

Lesson 11: from Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy Fiction • Marc Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Lesson 12: from Scaly and Scary Informational • Helen Lepp Friesen . . . . . . . . . . 80

Review 2: from Junie B., First Grader (at last!) Fiction • Barbara Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Listening Comprehension 2: The Lion and the Mouse • Aesop’s Fable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Unit 1: Use Picture Clues

Lesson 2

Building a Birdhouse

© Perfection Learning® No reproduction permitted. Unit 1: Use Picture Clues 13

Heads Up Look at the picture. Read the directions. Then answer the question.

Glue the four walls together.

1. This picture helps by showing

Aall four walls glued together.

Bhow to glue the fourth wall on.

Cwhere the roof goes.

14 Unit 1: Use Picture Clues © Perfection Learning® No reproduction permitted.

Make Sense of Words Look at the picture. Read the sentences. Answer the questions.

Find the bottom of the birdhouse.

Glue the bottom onto the house.

1. What is meant by the bottom of the birdhouse?

Athe floor

Bthe roof

Cthe grass

2. Which of the directions is the girl following?

AFind the bottom of the birdhouse.

BGlue the roof to the top.

CGlue the bottom onto the house.

3. What part of the birdhouse will come next?

Athe walls

Bthe roof

Cthe perch


Read with Understanding Use the picture clues. Answer the question.


1. What can you tell about the birdhouse from the picture?

AIt is made of metal.

BIt is very large.

CIt is made of wood.

Understand by Seeing It Use the picture clues. Choose the direction sentence to match each picture. Write it on the blank below the picture.

Glue the roof pieces together.

Glue the bottom onto the house.

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________


Put glue on the first wall.

Paint the birdhouse.

Glue the roof onto the house.

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________

______________________________________________

_______________________


Write to Learn Add one more direction. Then draw a picture to match.


Reading Strategies - Perfection Learning€¦ · 72069 FORSE LA CVart.indd 1 2/27/06 9:41:59 AM. Reviewers: Kathryn Black Language Program Specialist Mesa Public Schools Mesa, Arizona

Documents