
Losing Grandpa
Realistic (fiction),
2,910 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
Hannah’s grandpa has lived with Hannah and her mother since Hannah was two years old. One day while Hannah is at school, Grandpa has a stroke. Hannah visits him in the hospital even though he is in a coma. With her mother’s help, Hannah learns how to cope with her feelings while her grandfather is sick, and when he eventually dies. This thoughtful book offers young readers a realistic look at loving—and losing—someone they care deeply about.
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Lesson Resources
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
ghoulish, traumatic, zany
ghoulish, traumatic, zany
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge
Comprehension
Analyze characters in a story
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and use quotation marks, commas, and end marks
Word Work
Recognize and use compound words
Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge
Comprehension
Analyze characters in a story
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and use quotation marks, commas, and end marks
Word Work
Recognize and use compound words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class









