Grasshopper's+Gross+Lunch

Day 1

 * 1) Predictions: teach the sign language for predictions, and how you make predictions to help you understand the book better. Make predictions from the cover. Then go through the book and look at the pictures, sharing predictions.
 * 2) Review gr- words: grazed, grinned, groaned, gross, etc.
 * 3) Review tricky word strategies.
 * 4) Review how to stop and think about what happened on each page as they read.
 * 5) Have students read to page 7.

Day 2

 * 1) Who can retell what happened so far to page 7?
 * 2) Share predictions. Model how to revise a prediction: "I predicted Grasshopper would like all the new flavors he had to try in the forest! But on page 7, he did NOT like the berries he tried. So then I thought about others books I've read where there's a pattern, where an animal tries new things and then learns that the old thing is best. I am going to change my prediction: I think he won't like all those new foods."
 * 3) Record predictions. Send them to read and check their predictions as they read. Give them a post it to mark one place where they find evidence to support or refute their prediction.
 * 4) Come back and share what they found out / how they checked their predictions.

Day 3

 * 1) Another thing good readers do when they read is they figure out what is the most important idea of a book: the main idea. A lot of times, an author is trying to teach you something with his / her story. Teach the sign language for determining importance.
 * 2) We are going to re-read to find out what the author wants us to learn. What did Grasshopper learn? What can we learn from that?
 * 3) Read and share ideas. Model with a think-aloud if necessary.
 * 4) Find Right There questions / inference questions. Review sign language for inferring. Point to Right There answers.
 * 5) How did grasshopper feel about the foods before he ate them? After he ate them?
 * 6) Why did grasshopper want to eat new foods? (Right there)
 * 7) Why did grasshopper decide to eat green grass and leaves again?