By Cynthia Rylant

Vocabulary for

Meet the Author :

        

                 

 

• Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia, on June 6, 1954. She grew up with her mother and grandparents in Beaver, West Virginia.

• Growing up, she liked comic books, pets, pajama parties, and the Beatles.

• Now Cynthia Rylant lives in Oregon with her son and two cats.

• "Playing is the greatest training you can have for being a writer."

Meet the illustrator :

        

                 

 

• Mark Teague and his family live in upstate New York. He worked in a bookstore after college. His job was to set up the books for display.

• The children's books made him remember his childhood. As a boy, he had written his own stories and drawn pictures for them.

• Working in the bookstore inspired Mark Teague. He soon began his grown-up career as a writer and illustrator of children's books.

• Today, he illustrates his own and other authors' books.

Genre – FictionSometimes characters in

fiction are funny.

Look for:•Things that a character does or says that are funny.•Other funny parts of the story.

Story Summary: Poppleton goes shopping for a bed and makes sure that he gets the perfect one.

Pop Quiz• What does the author do?• He or she writes the stories.

• What does the illustrator do?

• He or she draws takes the pictures.

1. Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 263 in the back of your reading book.)

3.When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

2

Brought

brought

brought - did bring

The little boy brought his mom a valentine.

1

read - understood words by looking

Milly likes to read books.

Read read

3

Mrs. Mutner likes to go over a few of her classroom rules.

few - not many

Few few

4

Boy boy

boy - a young man

The boy is taking his dog for a walk.

4

Head head - top

part of body

The legend says that Johnny Appleseed wore a pot on his head.

head

• Say the words.

• Read the sentences.

• Fill in the blank.

Sam wants to catch a _______

crickets so he can go fishing.

broughtfewboyheadread

Betsy likes to ______ to her bears.

fewreadbroughthead boy

The ostrich buries his ______ in the sand.

head readboybroughtfew

broughtboyhead readfew

Look what the tide ________ in.

The _____ is walking in the rain.

readfew broughtboy head

1.brought - did bring2.few - not many3.boy - a young man4.head - top part of body5.read - understood words by

looking

Match the words to its meaning.

A.- understood

words by

looking

B.– not many

C.- a young man

D.- did bring

E.- top part of

body

1.brought _

2.boy __

3.head __

4.read __

5.few __

A

B

D

E

C

Say the Sight Words

boy any werethink elephant

brought head few those talk

New words in the story: “Poppleton Everyday”

decidedbuyclosed

since

grown-up

storecertainlyrightaskedsaleslady

smilefollowedbiggestvastenormoussizeclimbededgebothbottom

airdifferenttwentypropped

pillows

crackerscrumbswatchedcheckedpardon

That pig is no longer a boy, but

he’s acting like one! I brought

him a book. He read a few

pages. I even brought him

crackers. Look at him now! He

is lying on his head. What is he

doing?

Word Power

Anne Miller

Web LinksYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.

Word Endings -ED and -ING Practice #1

1st Grade Language skills (Nouns Person, Place Or Thing, More with Nouns and Pronouns , Contraction, ABC Order, Rhyming Words, Describing Words (Adjectives), Sentences (Capitalization and Punctuation), Antonyms and Synonyms) Describing Words That Compare   Troublesome Words  More Troublesome Words

Vocabulary Practice:Which word fits? 1 Which word fits? 2

Story Practice:Poppleton Every Day 1 Poppleton Every Day 2

Fun links for “Poppleton Everyday”

• Farms: Pigs • The Joy of Pigs – videos on pigs• Ziggy and Flower's Bedtime

(Popbelly pigs)• POT BELLY PIG PICTURES • Charlotte's Web website• Charlotte's Web abc teach