Unit 19 - Voyager Learning

STORY READING 1 • Flat Stanley, Chapter 1WITH THE TEACHERAfter Reading Page 61 Analyze: Inferring; Understand: ExplainingWhy do you think Dr. Dan said, “Sometimeswe doctors, despite all our years of training andexperience, can only marvel at how little wereally know”?(Stanley was flat, and that’s very unusual. Dr. Dandidn’t know what to think—even though he isa doctor.)FOCUS ON COMPARINGAND CONTRASTINGUsing Vocabulary—approximatelyAfter completing the page, compareStanley’s measurements with a studentin your group. Say something like:How tall was Stanley? (four feet tall)Let’s measure [Tomas].How tall is [Tomas]? (four feet andone inch)So, we can say [Tomas] is approximatelyfour feet tall. Are Thomas and Stanleyabout the same height? (yes)How wide is Stanley? (a foot wide)How wide is [Tomas]? (approximatelya foot wide)So, Stanley and [Tomas] are about thesame width.How thick is Stanley? (about a halfinch thick)How thick is [Tomas]? (approximately8 inches thick)So, are Stanley and [Tomas] about thesame thickness? (no, absolutely not)Stanley is absurdly thin!24