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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Fiction

Text Structure • Third-person narrative includes problem, events, and solution in nine pages• Story told through dialogue

Content • Sharing• Animals fi nding a place to sleep for the winter

Themes and Ideas • It is possible to share a space with others.• If at fi rst you don’t succeed, keep trying until you do.

Language and Literary Features

• Clear, straightforward language• Repetitive phrases: Look at the _. We can sleep in this _. We sleep in this _.

Sentence Complexity • Many simple sentences: “Look at the tree.”• Some longer sentences: “We can sleep in this tree,” said the mice.

Vocabulary • Words relating to animals: mice, skunks, squirrels, snakes, bearWords • Many high-frequency words: we, look, the, this, said

• More challenging words: hole, denIllustrations • Illustrations that support and add to the text

Book and Print Features • Nine pages, with two to three lines of text and one illustration on each page• Sound balloon in illustration: Brrr!• Large print and good spacing between words

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L E S S O N 7 T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E

Winter Sleepby Sharon Fear

Fountas-Pinnell Level CFictionSelection SummaryThree mice are looking for a place to sleep. Many good spots are already taken: skunks are in the log, squirrels are in the tree, and snakes are in the hole. A bear is already in the den, but is willing to share the space with the three mice.

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Build BackgroundRead the title to children and talk with them about what the animals are doing in the cover illustration. Then ask: What do you know about what animals do in the winter?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that this story is about three mice that are looking for a place to spend the winter. The animals in this story can talk.Suggested language: Turn to page 2 and look at the picture. The mice are looking at a log. The sentence reads: “We can sleep in this log,” said the mice. Say the word said. What letter would you expect to see fi rst in the word said? Find the word said and put your fi nger under it.

Page 3: Remind children that they can use information in the pictures to help them read. What kind of animal do you see on this page? Oh, no! Skunks are already in the log. What do you think the skunks will say? They say: “We sleep in this log.”

Page 6: On page 6, what are the mice looking at? They are looking at a hole. So they say: “We can sleep in this hole.” What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word hole? Find the word hole and put your fi nger under it. Do you think the mice will be able to sleep in that hole? Why or why not?

Page 8: On page 8, the mice are looking at a den. What is the fi rst sound you hear in the word den? Find the word den and put your fi nger under it. What animal might be sleeping in a den? Why do you think that?

Now go back to the beginning and read to fi nd out if the three mice fi nd a place to sleep for the winter.

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ReadAs the children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseAsk children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: Does the title tell you about what happens in the story? Why or why not?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Three mice need a place to sleep for the winter.

• Skunks won’t share their log, squirrels won’t share their tree, and snakes won’t share their hole.

• The bear is willing to share the den with the mice.

• It is possible to share a space with others.

• If at fi rst you don’t succeed, try, try again.

• The writer shows how hard the mice have to try to fi nd a place to sleep and that they don’t give up.

• The pictures tell part of the story.

• A sound balloon saying BRRR! shows how cold the mice are.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportConcepts of PrintHelp children understand that a sentence is a group of words with ending punctuation. Point out that the ending punctuation in Winter Sleep includes periods and exclamation points. Model how to read a sentence ending with an exclamation point.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Listening Game Have children listen for words that rhyme. Have children raise their hands if the words rhyme, and keep their hands in their laps if the words do not rhyme. Say pairs of words, for example: log and dog, mice and rice, tree and truck, hole and mole, den and hen, bear and boat, etc.

• Clapping Syllables Have children hear and say syllables in words from the book: winter, log, squirrels, sleep. Have them clap on each syllable: win-ter, log, squir-rels, sleep.

• Tracing Letters Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children choose a letter, say the name, and trace the letter.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 7.4 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillUnderstanding Characters

Target Comprehension Skill Remind children to use details to tell more

about characters. Model how to think about understanding characters:

Think Aloud

I can understand more about the animals in the story when I think about the details in the words and pictures. The mice don’t give up, even after the skunks, the squirrels, and the snakes turn them away. The skunks, squirrels, and snakes look friendly, but they don’t share. The bear looks grouchy and sleepy and the mice look worried. I think they are afraid the bear will turn them away. But the bear is kind and welcomes them into the den.

Practice the SkillHave children choose a picture in the story and tell how details in the picture help them learn more about the story.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Why do you think the bear was happy to share his den? Write about what you think. Explain your answer.



Think About It Children look at the pictures and circle the one that answers the question.

1. Which animal from the story was a good friend to the mice?

Children draw a picture of something that they can do to be a good friend.

2.

Name Date

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English Language LearnersCultural Support Children from warm climates or from cities may not know that many animals need protection when they sleep in the winter.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Who is sleeping in the log?

Speaker 2: skunks

Speaker 1: Who is sleeping in the tree?

Speaker 2: squirrels

Speaker 1: Who shares the den?

Speaker 2: bear

Speaker 1: Where do the snakes sleep?

Speaker 2: in a hole

Speaker 1: Where does the bear sleep?

Speaker 2: in a den

Speaker 1: What animals won’t let the mice sleep with them?

Speaker 2: The skunk, the squirrels and the snakes won’t let the mice sleep with them.

Speaker 1: What does the bear say?

Speaker 2: The bear said, “You can sleep here, too.”


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Name Date

Winter SleepWhy do you think the bear was happy to share his den? Write about what you think. Explain your answer.



Think About It Children look at the pictures and circle the one that answers the question.

1. Which animal from the story was a good friend to the mice?

Children draw a picture of something that they can do to be a good friend.

2.

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Winter Sleep • LEVEL C Winter SleepRunning Record Form

Lesson 7B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R 7 . 8

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

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page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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“Look at the log.

We can sleep in this

log,” said the mice.

“We sleep in this log,”

the skunks said.

“Look at the tree.


tree,” said the mice.

“We sleep in this tree,”

the squirrels said.

“Look at the hole.


hole,” said the mice.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/55 x 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections)

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