UNIT X 138 | UNIT 4 Just then a newspaper reporter comes by. She asks, “What’s going on here?” Sonia runs over to the reporter. “We care about the Colonial Theater. We want to keep it open! Let’s save it!” The reporter writes a story about Sonia and the theater. The next day, it is on the front page of the newspaper. “The theater is special because it is old,” says Sonia in the newspaper story. “It is part of our past. Let’s save our history.” GLOSSARY history things that happened in the past Reading UNIT 4 The Show Must Go On! 138 CON22_3_SE_U04_130-139_RD.indd 138 30/10/2020 13:53 Reading • Follow the instructional routine for reading. The following strategies are a sample routine. • Use new academic vocabulary Call attention to the word in bold type: history. Ask: Who remembers what this word means? Explain that the phrase “save our history” refers to the fact that the theater is an important part of the town, and that it has been for a very long time. • Match oral to written words Play the audio for pages 138–139 and ask students to read along silently, tracking the print as needed. • Build fluency Play the audio again, then practice echo reading. Model smooth reading, pause, then have students reread chorally, imitating your pronunciation, intonation, and pacing. • Use illustrations to confirm word meanings Ask students to recall the vocabulary term reporter. Ask: What do you see in the illustration on this page? What is the woman doing? Direct students to describe the illustration and act out interviewing someone. Then read aloud, “The reporter writes a story about Sonia and the theater. The next day, it is on the front page of the newspaper.” Ask: How does looking at the illustration and reading the text help you understand the word reporter? (The illustration shows a woman taking notes while talking to Sonia. There is a picture of a newspaper near her head. The text says that she writes a story, and it is in the newspaper.) UNIT 4 / READING DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold If students are not familiar with why a front-page newspaper story is important, bring in an example. Explain that the most important or most interesting story in the newspaper is usually printed on the front page. Flip through and briefly talk about why your example front-page story is in that spot. Then discuss shared experiences, such as field trips, visitors, class parties, and assemblies. Ask students to vote on their favorite experience. Then point out that in a class newspaper, that favorite experience would be written about on the front page. Amplify Have students pretend they are the reporter in the story. Direct them to write a list of questions they might ask Sonia. Point out that reporters typically ask who/what/when/where/ why questions to get the facts they need. Questions should focus on learning more about Sonia, her plan, and the theater. Provide students with a model question, such as Why is the theater important to your town?
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