Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

STORY OPENER • Flat Stanley2. Working With the Table of ContentsIdentifying—Title; Inferring; PredictingHave students look at the Table ofContents. Say something like:How many chapters are in the book? (five)What’s the name of the first chapter?(The Big Bulletin Board)What page does it begin on? (one)Sometimes the chapter titles give youclues about the story. Where do you thinkChapter 1 is going to take place?(It will take place in a school with a bulletinboard . . . )Glance through the chapter titles.THINK ALOUDWITH YOURSTUDENTSSay things like:When we say someoneis flat, it sometimesmeans they are unhappy. Iwonder if Stanley is goingto be unhappy in Chapter2. What do you think?What else can you predict about the book?(Stanley is going to be flat. There’s going tobe a robbery at the museum . . . )17