Pushing Up The Sky

Pushing Up the Sky

Comprehension Skill

Literary elements: character, setting, and plot.

• The character is a person or animal in the story.
• The setting is where a story takes place.
• The plot is what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Your child should be able to name the characters, identify the setting and talk

about the actions that make up the plot.

Comprehension Strategy

Inferring- Good readers use facts and details from the author and what they already know to come up with their own ideas about the story.

Your child should think about and connect what they might already know about the

plot, characters or setting of the story.

Vocabulary Strategy - Unknown Words

Phonics - Prefixes, un-, re-, mis-, dis-, non-

Writing conventions-Main and Helping Verbs

(Click on the book to hear the story)

Author: Joseph Bruchac

Illustrator: Teresa Flavin

Genre: Drama

Question of the Week: How do people explain things in nature?

Paired Selection: Catch It and Run!

Genre: Myth

Author: Retold by Margaret Mayo

Illustrator: Richard Downs

Links to Practice:

Arthur Mash Up

Study Zone

Comic Creator

Create a Character

Prefixes

Prefixes

• LISTEN TO STORY (WMA 10.22 MB)PAIRED SELECTION (WMA 7.79 MB) Amazing Cards (PDF 26 KB) High Frequency and Tested Vocabulary (PDF 260 KB) Picture Cards (PDF 1.25 MB)

• Inferences (PDF 57 KB) Making Inferences about Characters (PDF 52 KB) Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions (PDF 269 KB) Making Inferences Organizer (PDF 118 KB)

• Parent Information on Inferences (PDF 42 KB) Pushing Up the Sky Study Guide (PDF 125 KB)