UNIT 2: LESSON 1 1 Week 1 LESSON 1 Summary of Core Instruction Step 1 Prepare to read Step 2 Guide reading Student Objectives Comprehension Strategies / Skills for Nonfiction Connect text to self or experience Draw and support conclusions Recognize text features Make and confirm predictions Summarize Recall details Generate questions Visualize Respond to text Determine important ideas Use pictures Vocabulary Understand words important to concept or text Materials SUPER Magazine, Issue 2 Blackline Master 16 Magazine CD 1, Track 6, for fluency practice with Super Shorts Article Summary Students will discuss the theme of the mag- azine as it relates to the cover and browse through SUPER, briefly discussing the Table of Contents. In Super Shorts, students will learn about a miracle berry, a secret ingredient, a spinning dancer, a surprising skirt, a smelly flower, and raining frogs. Genre: Nonfiction Cover, Table of Contents, pages 2–5 PREPARE TO READ Cover, Table of Contents, Super Shorts , Pages 2–5 Introduce issue 2 of SUPER Magazine Before handing out SUPER Magazine, tell students today they’ll begin issue 2 of their magazine. Remind students each issue has its own theme throughout the magazine. Explain the theme of this issue is “It’s Tricky.” Each article will be about things that are hard to do or that fool us, like a trick. Ask students if they have ever seen a magic trick. (Answers will vary.) Explain that a magic trick is designed to fool your eye so you think you are seeing something different from what is actually happening. 1 Step THE SUPERKIDS READING PROGRAM 2 S U P E R I T’ S TRI C KY Tricky Pictures Sneaky Creatures Marvelous Magic Tongue Twister What if broccoli tasted like candy? Everything tastes sweet after you eat a miracle berry. Miracle berries are real. They grow in Africa. They trick your tongue. If you eat one, grapefruit will taste like sweet punch. Even lemons will taste sweet. But watch out! The berry tricks your tongue only for a while. Once it wears off, broccoli tastes like broccoli again. 2 SUPER SHORTS 4 Hold Your Nose The Titan flower is one of the biggest, stinkiest flowers in the world. It smells like rotten meat! It stinks so much that some people wear masks around it. Why would a flower smell so bad? Believe it or not, some insects like to eat rotten meat. The flower’s smell tricks the bugs. They fly into the flower because they think they will find food there. The bugs carry pollen from other plants on their feet. When the bugs land on the smelly plant, they leave some pollen behind. That’s great for the plant. It needs pollen to bloom again. But the poor tricked insects don’t get any dinner. Do you ever feel like hiding? This costume lets you hide in plain sight. It’s a skirt that turns into a fake soda machine. Now that’s changing your clothes! Clever Costume 6 10 30 Features Page 6 The Many Faces of Masks Masks from all around the world 10 Saving the Cranes It’s a tricky business 22 Magic Secrets How some fun tricks work 24 Leaf Me Alone Animals with icky tricks 30 Look Out! These paintings fool your eyes 1 contents In Every Issue Page 2 Super Shorts 16 Ask Anything Can goldfish learn tricks? 18 Kid Talk Tough stuff 20 Snack Attack Sunny side up 36 The Black Lagoon The cafeteria lady 39 Ouch! Got a problem? Here’s help! 41 Poem Measles Back Cover Last Look 24 Do you like being tricked? Most kids would say, “No way!” Think again. Do you like magic shows? In this issue, you’ll learn how magicians can trick you. You’ll meet animals with clever tricks for staying alive. You’ll visit places that aren’t what they seem to be. Sometimes it’s fun to be fooled! 16 20 3 On the Spot Most people get dizzy when they spin. Dancers have a trick to keep it from happening. It’s called “spotting.” When the dancer begins a turn, she chooses a spot in the distance to look at. During each turn of her body, she keeps her head facing the same spot for as long as she can. Then she quickly snaps her head around and finds the spot again. By keeping her eyes on one spot, she can turn, turn, turn without toppling! Guess what things on this list are made with corn. Surprise! They are all made with corn. Corn has lots of sugar in it. Syrup made from corn is very sweet. It is used to make soft drinks, candy bars, toothpaste and ketchup sweet. That’s not all. Gasoline is often mixed with fuel made from corn. It’s the secret ingredient in almost everything! Gasoline Soft drinks Candy bars Toothpaste Ketchup A Secret Ingredient Popcorn 5 Cloudy, with a Chance of Frogs It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes it really rains frogs. It’s not magic. It happens when frogs get sucked up into a waterspout. Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over lakes. The waterspout lifts the frogs up out of the lake and carries them through the air. When the waterspout slows down, the frogs fall like rain. It’s a frog storm! Fish can be sucked into waterspouts, too. Then it rains fish. Can you think of a better reason to carry an umbrella?
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Week 1
LESSON 1 Summary of Core Instruction
Step 1 Prepare to read
Step 2 Guide reading
Student Objectives
Comprehension Strategies / Skills for NonfictionConnect text to self or experienceDraw and support conclusionsRecognize text featuresMake and confirm predictionsSummarizeRecall detailsGenerate questions VisualizeRespond to textDetermine important ideasUse pictures
VocabularyUnderstand words important to concept or text
Materials
SUPER Magazine, Issue 2Blackline Master 16Magazine CD 1, Track 6, for fluency practice with Super Shorts
Article Summary Students will discuss the theme of the mag-azine as it relates to the cover and browse through SUPER, briefly discussing the Table of Contents. In Super Shorts, students will learn about a miracle berry, a secret ingredient, a spinning dancer, a surprising skirt, a smelly flower, and raining frogs.
Genre: Nonfiction
Cover, Table of Contents, pages 2–5
PREPaRE TO REaD
Cover, Table of Contents, Super Shorts, Pages 2–5
Introduce issue 2 of SUPER MagazineBefore handing out SUPER Magazine, tell students today they’ll begin issue 2 of their magazine. Remind students each issue has its own theme throughout the magazine. Explain the theme of this issue is “It’s Tricky.” Each article will be about things that are hard to do or that fool us, like a trick. ask students if they have ever seen a magic trick. (Answers will vary.) Explain that a magic trick is designed to fool your eye so you think you are seeing something different from what is actually happening.
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T H E S U P E R K I D S R E A D I N G P R O G R A M 2
SUPE R
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Tricky Pictures Sneaky Creatures Marvelous Magic
Tongue TwisterWhat if broccoli tasted like candy? Everything tastes sweet after you eat a miracle berry. Miracle berries are real. They grow in Africa. They trick your tongue. If you eat one, grapefruit will taste like sweet punch. Even lemons will taste sweet. But watch out! The berry
tricks your tongue only for a while. Once it wears off, broccoli tastes
like broccoli again.
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Hold Your NoseThe Titan � ower is one of the biggest, stinkiest � owers in the world. It smells like rotten meat! It stinks so much that some people wear masks around it.
Why would a � ower smell so bad? Believe it or not, some insects like to eat rotten meat. The � ower’s smell tricks the bugs. They � y into the � ower because they think they will � nd food there. The bugs carry pollen from other plants on their feet. When the bugs land on the smelly plant, they leave some pollen behind. That’s great for the plant. It needs pollen to bloom again. But the poor tricked insects don’t get any dinner.
Do you ever feel like hiding? This costume lets you hide in plain sight. It’s a skirt that turns into a fake soda machine. Now that’s changing your clothes!
Clever Costume
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Features
Page 6 The Many Faces of Masks
Masks from all around the world
10 Saving the Cranes It’s a tricky business
22 Magic Secrets
How some fun tricks work
24 Leaf Me Alone
Animals with icky tricks
30 Look Out!
These paintings fool your eyes
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contentsIn Every Issue
Page 2 Super Shorts
16 Ask Anything
Can goldfish learn tricks?
18 Kid Talk
Tough stuff
20 Snack Attack Sunny side up
36 The Black Lagoon
The cafeteria lady
39 Ouch!
Got a problem? Here’s help!
41 Poem Measles
Back Cover Last Look
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Do you like being tricked? Most kids
would say, “No way!” Think again. Do
you like magic shows? In this issue,
you’ll learn how magicians can
trick you. You’ll meet animals with
clever tricks for staying
alive. You’ll visit places that aren’t
what they seem to be. Sometimes
it’s fun to be fooled!
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cover illustration by akiyoshi kitaoka 2004 kanZen
contents sharon somette, kate roche-gordon
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On the SpotMost people get dizzy when they spin. Dancers have a trick to keep it from happening. It’s called “spotting.”
When the dancer begins a turn, she chooses a spot in the distance to look at. During each turn of her body, she keeps her head facing the same spot for as long as she can. Then she quickly snaps her head around and � nds the spot again. By keeping her eyes on one spot, she can turn, turn, turn without toppling!
Guess what things on this list are made with corn.
Surprise! They are all made with corn. Corn has lots of sugar in it. Syrup made from corn is very sweet. It is used to make soft drinks, candy bars, toothpaste
and ketchup sweet. That’s not all. Gasoline is often mixed with fuel made from corn. It’s the secret ingredient in almost everything!
Cloudy, with a Chance of FrogsIt doesn’t happen often, but sometimes it really rains frogs. It’s not magic. It happens when frogs get sucked up into a waterspout. Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over lakes. The waterspout lifts the frogs up out of the lake and carries them through the air. When the waterspout slows down, the frogs fall like rain. It’s a frog storm! Fish can be sucked into waterspouts, too. Then it rains � sh. Can you think of a better reason to carry an umbrella?
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GUIDE REaDING
Read: Cover of SUPER Recognize text featuresRemind students the theme of the issue is written on the banner under the name of the magazine.
• What is the theme of this issue? “It’s Tricky”
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SUPE R
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Tricky Pictures Sneaky Creatures Marvelous Magic
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Features
Page 6 The Many Faces of Masks
Masks from all around the world
10 Saving the Cranes It’s a tricky business
22 Magic Secrets
How some fun tricks work
24 Leaf Me Alone
Animals with icky tricks
30 Look Out!
These paintings fool your eyes
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contentsIn Every Issue
Page 2 Super Shorts
16 Ask Anything
Can goldfish learn tricks?
18 Kid Talk
Tough stuff
20 Snack Attack Sunny side up
36 The Black Lagoon
The cafeteria lady
39 Ouch!
Got a problem? Here’s help!
41 Poem Measles
Back Cover Last Look
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Do you like being tricked? Most kids
would say, “No way!” Think again. Do
you like magic shows? In this issue,
you’ll learn how magicians can
trick you. You’ll meet animals with
clever tricks for staying
alive. You’ll visit places that aren’t
what they seem to be. Sometimes
it’s fun to be fooled!
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cover illustration by akiyoshi kitaoka 2004 kanZen
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Preview the magazineHand out SUPER Magazine and instruct students to browse the entire magazine. Remind students that browsing is a silent activity. Tell students they are not reading the articles. They are only looking at the pictures to predict what they think the arti-cles will be about as well as get an overview of the magazine. Choose students to share their thoughts about some of the articles. Remind students they will be able to confirm their predictions as they read through the magazine later.
Connect text to self or experience• Are there any articles you are especially excited about reading? What interests you about those articles? Answers will vary.
• Are there any articles on subjects you already know about? Answers will vary.
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Determine important ideasInstruct students to look at the picture on the cover of SUPER. Remind students the cover picture will always have to do with the theme of the issue. Have students stare at a spot in the picture and look to see if the pat-tern around where they are looking starts to move in a swirling motion.
• What do you see when you look at this picture? Answers will vary, but may include: swirling circles that look like they are moving; the center of each circle is moving; or the center white dots may be pulsing.
• Why is this tricky? It looks like the circles are moving, but they are not.
• Why is this a good cover for an issue whose theme is “It’s Tricky?” Explain that the picture is playing a trick on your eyes. Nothing is actually moving in the picture, but your brain gets confused and thinks the image is moving. The colors and pattern of this picture trick your eyes and brain into seeing something different from how it really is.
Recognize text featuresHave students look at the teasers at the bot-tom of the cover. Remind students teasers are meant to get the reader excited about what is inside the magazine.
• What are some of articles they are “teas-ing” on the cover? Stories about tricky pic-tures, sneaky creatures, and marvelous magic
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SUPE R
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Tricky Pictures Sneaky Creatures Marvelous Magic
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Features
Page 6 The Many Faces of Masks
Masks from all around the world
10 Saving the Cranes It’s a tricky business
22 Magic Secrets
How some fun tricks work
24 Leaf Me Alone
Animals with icky tricks
30 Look Out!
These paintings fool your eyes
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contentsIn Every Issue
Page 2 Super Shorts
16 Ask Anything
Can goldfish learn tricks?
18 Kid Talk
Tough stuff
20 Snack Attack Sunny side up
36 The Black Lagoon
The cafeteria lady
39 Ouch!
Got a problem? Here’s help!
41 Poem Measles
Back Cover Last Look
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Do you like being tricked? Most kids
would say, “No way!” Think again. Do
you like magic shows? In this issue,
you’ll learn how magicians can
trick you. You’ll meet animals with
clever tricks for staying
alive. You’ll visit places that aren’t
what they seem to be. Sometimes
it’s fun to be fooled!
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Read: Table of contentsRecognize text featuresHave students turn to the table of contents. Read through the table of contents with students.
• Which article appears on page 20? Snack Attack—Sunny side up
• What page is “The Many Faces of Masks” on? Page 6
• What will you read about in this article? Masks from around the world
Respond to textPoint out the Editor’s Note and read it with students.
• Do you like being tricked? Answers will vary.
• Is it nice to play tricks on people? Answers will vary, but most students will say it’s not nice to play tricks on people unless they want to be tricked.
Determine important ideas• What is something you will learn in this issue? We’ll learn how magicians can trick us, meet animals with tricks for stay-ing alive, and visit places that aren’t what they seem to be.
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Tongue TwisterWhat if broccoli tasted like candy? Everything tastes sweet after you eat a miracle berry. Miracle berries are real. They grow in Africa. They trick your tongue. If you eat one, grapefruit will taste like sweet punch. Even lemons will taste sweet. But watch out! The berry
tricks your tongue only for a while. Once it wears off, broccoli tastes
like broccoli again.
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Set a purpose for readingHave students read Super Shorts to learn about some things that aren’t what they seem.
Read page 2: Tongue TwisterRecall details• How does everything taste after you eat a miracle berry? Sweet
• Where do they grow? Africa
• Why do miracle berries make everything taste sweet? They trick your tongue.
Determine important ideas• What does the last line mean: “Once it wears off, broccoli tastes like broccoli again?” The berry only lasts for a little while. After a while, it stops making everything taste sweet.
Use pictures• Look at the small picture of the berries. Do they look like anything you’ve seen before? Answers will vary, but some students may think the berries look like candy.
Visualize• Picture yourself eating something really sour. Show me what your face looks like. (Students should make a scrunched up face.) Now show me what your face would look like if you ate a miracle berry before you ate the sour food. (Students should be smiling or showing a happy expression.)
Read page 3: A Secret IngredientMake and confirm predictionsRead the title and first line together.
• Discuss the items pictured in the box. Which things do you think are made of corn? Answers will vary.
• Was your prediction correct? Did you figure out they are all made of corn? Answers will vary.
Recall details• What are some of the things made from corn? Soft drinks, candy bars, toothpaste, ketchup, gasoline
Vocabulary:
miracle: something marvelous or almost unbelievable that happens
It’s a miracle you weren’t hurt in that fall.
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Tongue TwisterWhat if broccoli tasted like candy? Everything tastes sweet after you eat a miracle berry. Miracle berries are real. They grow in Africa. They trick your tongue. If you eat one, grapefruit will taste like sweet punch. Even lemons will taste sweet. But watch out! The berry
tricks your tongue only for a while. Once it wears off, broccoli tastes
like broccoli again.
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Read page 3: On the SpotRecall details• What trick do dancers use to keep from getting dizzy? They use spotting.
Understand words important to concept or text• What is spotting? The dancer keeps looking at the same spot in the distance each time she spins. This way she doesn’t get dizzy.
Determine important ideas• What does the dancer do with her head when she spins? She keeps her head facing the same spot as long as she can and then quickly snaps her head around so she can find the spot again.
Connect text to self or experience• Have you ever spun around until you got dizzy? Have you tried spotting? Answers will vary.
Encourage students to try spotting when they are outside at recess to see if they still get dizzy. Tell students they must snap their head very quickly.
ingredient: one of the parts of a mixture
Flour is one of the ingredients in cake.
Respond to text• Think aloud: “I didn’t know that gaso-line was mixed with fuel made from corn. Did any of you know that?” Answers will vary.
• Does anyone know of anything else made from corn that isn’t on this list? Answers will vary, but may include: corn bread, tortillas and so on.
Determine important ideas• Why do you think this article is called “A Secret Ingredient?” Because corn is an ingredient in a lot of things we didn’t know have corn in them
Pleasant’s PointersFor suggestions of how to read the mag-azine articles to differentiate instruction for students, see pages iv and v.
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On the SpotMost people get dizzy when they spin. Dancers have a trick to keep it from happening. It’s called “spotting.”
When the dancer begins a turn, she chooses a spot in the distance to look at. During each turn of her body, she keeps her head facing the same spot for as long as she can. Then she quickly snaps her head around and � nds the spot again. By keeping her eyes on one spot, she can turn, turn, turn without toppling!
Guess what things on this list are made with corn.
Surprise! They are all made with corn. Corn has lots of sugar in it. Syrup made from corn is very sweet. It is used to make soft drinks, candy bars, toothpaste
and ketchup sweet. That’s not all. Gasoline is often mixed with fuel made from corn. It’s the secret ingredient in almost everything!
Hold Your NoseThe Titan � ower is one of the biggest, stinkiest � owers in the world. It smells like rotten meat! It stinks so much that some people wear masks around it.
Why would a � ower smell so bad? Believe it or not, some insects like to eat rotten meat. The � ower’s smell tricks the bugs. They � y into the � ower because they think they will � nd food there. The bugs carry pollen from other plants on their feet. When the bugs land on the smelly plant, they leave some pollen behind. That’s great for the plant. It needs pollen to bloom again. But the poor tricked insects don’t get any dinner.
Do you ever feel like hiding? This costume lets you hide in plain sight. It’s a skirt that turns into a fake soda machine. Now that’s changing your clothes!
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Read page 4: Kooky CostumeDraw and support conclusionsHave students look at the three pictures in the article “Kooky Costume.”
• Why do you think the girl would want to wear a costume like this? Answers will vary, but may include: just for fun; so no one could see her; to hide if she is in danger.
• Do you think this is a good costume? Would it trick someone? Why or why not? Answers will vary.
Read page 4: Hold Your NoseRecall details• What does the Titan flower smell like? Rotten meat
Determine important ideas• How does the flower trick bugs into fly-ing into it? It smells like rotten meat, so the bugs think there is food inside, but there is not.
• Why does it do this? The bugs carry pollen on their feet and leave it behind on the plant. The plant needs pollen to bloom again.
Generate questions• What kind of questions would you want to ask a scientist about the Titan flower? Answers will vary, but may include: Where does it grow? How big is it?
Background InformationThe Titan flower is rarely seen in the wild in Indonesia. Titan flowers can be found in botanical gardens worldwide and typically reach six feet in height—not including the tuber in the center of the flower! That’s taller than a man!
Vocabulary:
costume: clothes put on to look like someone else
I wore a costume to the party, so no one would recognize me.
pollen: a powder released from plants that is moved to another plant to help it bloom
The bee carried pollen from one flower to another.
Read page 5: Cloudy, with a Chance of FrogsUnderstand words important to concept or text• What is a waterspout? A tornado that forms over lakes
Recall details• What other animals can be pulled into waterspouts? Fish
Summarize• Who can summarize what we learned in the article “Cloudy, with a Chance of Frogs?” Frogs can be sucked up into water-spouts, which are tornados that form over water. They are carried through the air and when the waterspout slows down, the frogs fall to the ground, so it looks like it’s raining frogs.
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Hold Your NoseThe Titan � ower is one of the biggest, stinkiest � owers in the world. It smells like rotten meat! It stinks so much that some people wear masks around it.
Why would a � ower smell so bad? Believe it or not, some insects like to eat rotten meat. The � ower’s smell tricks the bugs. They � y into the � ower because they think they will � nd food there. The bugs carry pollen from other plants on their feet. When the bugs land on the smelly plant, they leave some pollen behind. That’s great for the plant. It needs pollen to bloom again. But the poor tricked insects don’t get any dinner.
Do you ever feel like hiding? This costume lets you hide in plain sight. It’s a skirt that turns into a fake soda machine. Now that’s changing your clothes!
Clever Costume
Fun With WordsThe title “Cloudy, with a Chance of Frogs” is a take on weather forecasters’ standard line, cloudy with a chance of rain. It is also a wink to the very popular children’s book Cloudy, With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. In this book, food falls from the sky instead of rain or snow. But something goes wrong and the food gets bigger and bigger until the people are forced to escape their town. Point out the differences between the fiction in Meatballs and the facts in this article. Ask students if they could imagine a real life situation where food could fall from the sky. If you have Cloudy, With a Chance of Meatballs in your classroom or school library, you may want to read it to your class to emphasize the differences between fact and fiction.
Check comprehension• Which was your favorite article and why? Answers will vary.
• Did we learn what we said in our pur-pose for reading? What did we learn about things that aren’t what they seem? Yes, we learned about a berry that makes everything taste sweet; unusual things made of corn; how to spin without getting dizzy; a skirt that turns into a soda machine; a flower that smells rotten; and how it can rain frogs.
Cross-Curriculum ConnectionScience: Have a discussion about tornados and waterspouts and what causes them. For a fun experiment, make a tornado in a jar by filling a mayonnaise-sized jar ¾ full with water. Add a teaspoon of liquid soap and a teaspoon of vinegar to the water. Add food coloring if desired. Tighten the lid and shake it so it mixes well, then swirl the jar quickly in a circular motion to form a vortex or small tornado.
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Cloudy, with a Chance of FrogsIt doesn’t happen often, but sometimes it really rains frogs. It’s not magic. It happens when frogs get sucked up into a waterspout. Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over lakes. The waterspout lifts the frogs up out of the lake and carries them through the air. When the waterspout slows down, the frogs fall like rain. It’s a frog storm! Fish can be sucked into waterspouts, too. Then it rains � sh. Can you think of a better reason to carry an umbrella?
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INDEPENDENT aCTIVITIESResearch corn-based productsMany things are made of corn. Have students use the Internet to research the large number of uses for corn in making other products. (keywords: “corn-based products” or “uses for corn”)
Research the Titan flowerHave students search the Internet (keyword: Titan flower) to learn more about this unusual flower. Students should write 3–4 facts they learned through their research and illustrate their findings.
Use BLM 16, found at the end of this Teacher’s Guide. On this BLM, students will write each vocabulary word in the rain drop above the correct definition.
1 It’s raining Super Shorts vocabulary words! Put the correct vocabulary word in the rain drop with its definition underneath. Use the words from the box below.
Cloudy, with a Chance of Vocabulary Words!
miracle ingredient spotting
pollen waterspout costume
looking at a spot in the distance while turning to keep from getting dizzy
clothes put on to look like someone else
tornadoes that form over lakes
a powder released from plants to help them bloom
something great that happens
one of the parts of a mixture
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spotting
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Reteach Comprehension: VisualizingThe ability to visualize, or see a picture in one’s head of what is being read, is a critical comprehension strategy for understand-ing nonfiction. Remind students that visualizing is also helpful in keeping them interested in the text. By visualizing what is written, it is almost as if you are there. Reread a couple of the articles in Super Shorts with students, asking them to visual-ize what they are reading. Students have already visualized the text in “Tongue Twister” while reading the article, so ask a few students to share what they were picturing in their heads. For “Kooky Costume,” students might picture themselves in the costume. Have them ask themselves what the costume looks like from the inside. Can they see out? Is it hot in there? Continue this process with other articles. Remind students that visualizing gives them a chance to be creative and helps us “see” what the author is describing.
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