Soup and a Sandwish Level I
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 320

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SOUP AND A SANDWISH
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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
SOUP AND A SANDWISH
Comprehension Quiz
Level I Answer Sheet

Book Summary
Soup and a Sandwish is a wonderful story about a boy who is tired of eating the same kind of lunch every day. He decides that if he can't get the sandwich he really wants, he will create it himself. The only problem is that he creates a bit more than he can handle. The text is supported by imaginative illustrations.

Reader Supports

• Familiar topic
  
• One-to-one picture correspondence
  

Reader Challenges

• Unfamiliar story words
  
• Figurative language
  
• Surprise ending
  
• Multiple sentences per page
  

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to decode words and bring meaning to print. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: Prediction.
Children are likely to use various strategies to help them decode words in this book. Encourage them to look for words within words, to go back and reread to make sure the sentence makes sense, and to use the pictures in the book to help them with the more difficult words.

Once children are able to see the idea of the story, they may be able to predict and/or visualize the outcome of some of the situations the boy in the book creates for himself.

Word and Print Skills
Phonological Awareness
Sh vs. ch
While reading the book, have children focus on the sh and ch sounds they encounter as they are reading. You can encourage them to give a thumbs up as they hear the sounds. This will be elaborated upon in the Building Skills, Phonological Awareness section found later in the lesson plan.

Phonics
Short /i/ sound
Throughout this book there are words that have a short i sound. Have children say some words that use the short i sound, and explain that when one is making the short i sound, the front part of the tongue is high in the mouth. The lips are rounded and the facial muscles are relaxed. If they make the sound, they will understand better what you are saying.
Some examples of words that have the short i sound are:
fish, bib, dish, drip, drink, dip, in, his, lip, lid, kiss, kick, it, thin, swim, zip, stick, six, sit, lift, etc.
See the Building Skills, Phonics section for more on this.

Word Work
High Utility Words
ate, use, saw, off

Punctuation
Recognition of the various types of punctuation marks used throughout the book.
(For more information see A mechanics activity under Word Work later in this lesson plan.)

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Problem/Solution and cause/effect.

• Using the beginning and ending of the story to show what the problem was and how the boy solved it through his "sandwish" is a good way to show that sometimes things happen for a reason. Although the boy didn’t initially want the lunch given to him, it was during the time that we was making his "sandwish" that he came to realize that what he had was exactly what he wanted.
  
• Lesson: There has to be a happy medium; it is good to have wants and desires, but it is also good to be satisfied with what we have.
  

Visual Learning
Children will use the illustrations in the book to help them recognize details that will reinforce vocabulary and help them understand the text.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
High Utility Words
ate, use, saw, off

Content Words
Throughout the book, the author incorporate figurative language to help children visualize the sandwich that the boy in the story creates during his "sandwish." The following words fall into the category of descriptive or figurative words and should be reviewed with children prior to having them attempt reading the story. You may find others to include in the list as well. This will increase the chances of a successful reading experience.
jiggly, gigantic, mountain-high, glob, stacks, eye-watering, piling, mile-high, and monster.