Lessons & Units :: Predicting 3rd Grade Unit

Lesson 1: Predicting Based on Character Relationships

Lesson Plan

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One | 420L

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One
Learning Goal
Make predictions based on character relationships.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided: Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain to students that understanding character relationships in a book helps readers make predictions (guesses about which events will happen next) in a story. I will read pages 1-3 of Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume. I will model making a prediction about what will happen in the story based on the relationship between the Pain and the Great One. Since both the Pain and the Great One think that their parents love the other more, I think they are jealous of one another. Maybe that is why they have come up with these nicknames for one another. If they are jealous of one another then they probably get into many arguments. I think they are not going to get along very well in the story. I predict that the Pain and the Great One will fight a lot in the story

  • Think Check

    Ask: How did I make a prediction based on the relationship between the characters? Students should respond that you read a few pages of the book and thought about how they feel about each other and how they treat each other. Then you made a prediction about what will happen in the story based on the relationship of the characters.

  • Guided Practice

    will read continue reading Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One, stopping on page 9, when Abigail says “what?” to the Pain. We will predict how Abigail will treat the Pain based on their relationship and his fear. We know that the Pain and the Great One are jealous of one another. Do you think Abigail will be supportive of the Pain or do you think she will make fun of him?

  • Independent Practice

    will listen as I continue reading to the end of page 13. You will predict whether the Pain gets a haircut because of the cardboard ears Great One makes. You will explain your prediction based on what you know about the Pain and Great One’s relationship so far. (Student Independent Practice is provided below in Teacher and Student Materials.) Note: Students should be able to predict that the Pain will actually get his haircut because even though he and his sister annoy each other, he also listens to what she tells him and she tries to give him good advice.

Build Student Vocabulary errands

Tier 2 Word: errands
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story The Great One said, “On Saturdays we do errands with Dad. He’s good at errands.”
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) Errands are short trips taken to accomplish a task. When The Great One said that they do errands with Dad on Saturdays, she meant that she goes with her dad and The Pain on short trips to do something.
Students repeat the word Say the word errands with me: errands.
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts My weekend errands included returning books to the library and mailing a letter at the post office. I went on an errand to buy a cake for the birthday party.
Students provide examples What type of errands have you gone on? Start by saying, “I have gone on an errand to_____________________.”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? errands

Build Student Background Knowledge

Pause while reading page 13. Ask your students if they think George Washington really had wooden teeth. Explain to students that many false stories have been passed down about the first president of the United States. The most famous story is that George Washington cut down a cherry tree and was so honest that he admitted it. His wooden teeth are also a myth. George Washington did not take care of his teeth as a young boy, and he lost them all. A prominent dentist carved him dentures, or fake teeth, out of hippopotamus ivory and gold. So it is true that he did not have teeth, but they were not wooden.

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User Comments

good job

Submitted by angelica on 3/15/15