UNIT x UNIT 4 | 131 UNIT 4 / READING Reading • Use new vocabulary Direct students to locate chores and errands on page 131. Say: What do we already know about these words? Discuss their meaning with students. Say: I know that chores means tasks you do at home and errands means tasks you do away from home. In the story, Zoey says her mom doesn’t understand she wants to do more than just chores and errands every weekend. I think this must mean Zoey wants to have fun on the weekends. She doesn’t want to just do tasks with her mother. Point out that good readers use new words they learn to better understand what they read. • Connect to self Have pairs discuss tasks and errands they do with their parents or guardians. On the board, make a list. Ask: What chores do you do at home? What errands do you do on the weekends? • Generate questions Remind students that generating questions about what they are going to read is a strategy that good readers use to better understand a text. Have students generate questions about the next part of the story. (sample questions: What will Zoey’s mother say? Will she let Zoey go to the market? Will Marisol and Zoey have a good time at the market? What will they do there?) Check In • Make inferences Read the questions with students and direct their attention to question 2. Ask: What is an inference? How do you make an inference? If needed, remind students that inferences are conclusions you make about information that is not stated directly in a text. • Ask and answer text-based questions Have pairs ask each other the questions and reread pages 130–131 to find the answers. ANSWERS 1. She has different apples so people can taste the different kinds and she can help her parents sell their apples at the farmers market. 2. Zoey doesn’t like it; she wants to do something else. PRACTICE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Pair students who are developing reading fluency with those who are more fluent. Have more fluent readers read aloud a paragraph first. Then developing readers can imitate their peers’ pronunciation, intonation, and pace. Amplify Provide access to additional information about homegrown or organic foods sold at farmers markets. Challenge students to explain why organic foods and farmers markets are popular today. Marisol explains, “We’re selling apples at the farmers market this Saturday. My aunt and uncle brought us boxes of them from their farm. I chose a couple of kinds to eat today so I can help my parents tell customers how they taste. But it’s good to share with you.” She looks at Zoey. “Do you want to go to the farmers market with me? We never see each other outside of school, and my parents told me I could ask a friend to come.” Zoey’s heart skips a beat. Yes! But she says, “I’ll have to ask my mom. She doesn’t understand that I want to do something besides house chores and errands with her every weekend, but I hope she says yes.” CHECK IN 1. Comprehension Why does Marisol have more than one kind of apple? 2. Make inferences How do you think Zoey feels about doing chores and errands on the weekends? 131 UNIT 4 Fresh Finds at the Farmers Market
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