
Part 5: Let a Smiley Face Be Your Umbrella
Realistic (fiction),
1,793 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
Serial
Charly is back in the final part of her five-part series. With everyone in the town angry with her for one reason or another, who will vote for her garden over Mr. Rooney's? Readers finally discover whether Charly was able to put a smile on everyone's face.
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Lesson Resources
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
adjustments, anxiously, apprehensive, banter, energetic, flutter, mock, nervousness, reciting, reluctance, retrieved, subtle, threadbare, trudged
adjustments, anxiously, apprehensive, banter, energetic, flutter, mock, nervousness, reciting, reluctance, retrieved, subtle, threadbare, trudged
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of visualizing to better understand text
Comprehension
Analyze the main character in text
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the use of the dash
Word Work
Identify and understand the use of synonyms and antonyms
Use the reading strategy of visualizing to better understand text
Comprehension
Analyze the main character in text
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the use of the dash
Word Work
Identify and understand the use of synonyms and antonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class








