how i spent my summer vacation by mark teague

Read other picture books by Mark Teague and compare/contrast the style, structure and characters. Use these worksheets that include words directly from the story with your students. The story contains a large number of words that have suffixes. Students use a shape book for writing – shapes related to the book: Child, Circle, Train Car, Train Engine Send an E-Postcard form PBS for Kids (doesn’t allow for as much personalization.) Visit Postcard Creator – allows you to create postcard and then print to add picture.ģ. There are several different options you can use to create the postcards :Ģ. Students can pick a location they traveled to during their vacation. Just like Wallace did in the story, create a postcard.

Students learn how to or practice writing a business letter. Who Mixed Up Our Sentences? GuidedReading the Four Blocks Way, chapter 13, pages 126-127.Show these sentences from the book.Graphic Organizers – Use in a variety of ways before, during, after reading. Ask “What do youthink the boy sees, hears, smells, and tastes?”After reading:What do you think the boy sees and hears when he imagines the train?Before rereading the story: Comprehension Strategy – SequencingThe students will keep track of, identify, and understand the chronologicalorder of events in a story. What do you visualize in your mind when you readthis page? In this picture, what is especially strange or funny? Why?What might the boy be seeing, hearing, tasting, or smelling? Havestudents look closely at the pictures as you read. Why isthe scene behind him changing?Reread page 3. Reread page 1 and look at the chalkboard. Tell students that when they read, theycan form similar kinds of pictures in their mind to help them visualizescenes.During reading:Read pages 1-3. Have them share what they smell, see,taste, and hear around them. Ask students to close their eyes and imaginethey are inside a restaurant. Below you will findsuggestions for using the Visualizing strategy.Before reading pages 1-3: Comprehension Strategy – VisualizingStudents will form pictures in their minds to enhance and clarify theirunderstanding of a story. How I Spent My Summer VacationMark TeagueReading StrategiesThis book has great opportunities for Visualizing.

How i spent my summer vacation by mark teague