Glass+Blowing

Day 1

 * One thing good readers do is they ask questions before they read a book. Then while they read they try to find the answers to their questions.
 * Look at the cover of today's book. It is called "Glassblowing." I am going to look at the cover and think of some things I wonder:
 * I wonder what is happening to that glass ball on the cover.
 * Then I look at the back cover and I see a beautiful glass bowl. I wonder if this is a book about how that glass bowl was made. I wonder how you make a glass bowl.
 * Have students look at the cover and title and brainstorm questions.
 * Go through a picture walk and add to the list of questions.
 * Words to preview: (talk about thinking about what makes sense, checking the picture, looking for a part of the word, checking the letters)
 * p. 4 oven
 * p. 6 pipe: he blows into the pipe to make a bubble in the glass (ask what they think he has in his mouth, check the letters to see if it makes sense.
 * gooey / tools / smooth (oo)
 * Review the questions they asked
 * Have everyone read to the end of p. 5. Put stickies by words they can't figure out.
 * Model answering a question from the list.
 * Ask: "What is the first thing the glassblower does? What does he do after he has the glass on the end of his pipe?"

Day 2

 * Review strategy of questioning. Look at the questions that students had again. Check off ones we already answered.
 * Review how you modeled answering a question while reading yesterday.
 * Remind them to do two things while they read: put stickies by tricky words and find answers to their questions.
 * After reading, go over tricky words and what they did to figure them out.
 * If there's time, time the reading of a few pages.

Day 3

 * Begin by reviewing what good readers do when they get stuck on a tricky word.
 * What did you learn from the book yesterday? Look at the list of questions and see if they can answer any.
 * Have them re-read and see if they have more answers to the questions.
 * Tell them, when you read it's important to remember the book in the order that it happened. Imagine if I told you to make a PB&J sandwich by saying to first put the jelly on, and then to cut the bread! It wouldn't make sense. Let's see if we can remember what happened in the book in the right order.
 * Act out what happens first, second, third to make glass.
 * Ask: "How are hot glass and honey alike? How are they different?"
 * Fluency practice / timing.

Day 4

 * Check to see if there are any more questions they have about how to make glass.
 * Ask them what causes the bowl to get wider.
 * Re-read the text and tell them to pay special attention to the order to see if they can get it in the right order today.
 * After reading, give them the worksheet to sequence how to make glass.
 * Ask "What do you think the glassblower likes about his job?"
 * Fluency practice.