Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

What text features are present?? Headings Pictures captions

Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

Heading

How does this help you

understand?

headings

Help us predict what the text will be about Help you understand the main idea of that

section--- helps you understand what you are reading.

Organizes the text– makes it easy to read and find specific information.

Creates a sequence of the importance of the information.

Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

So what is this

heading telling us?PREDICT

READ.

So, what was the paragraph about? Why

did the author choose this heading?

What would you title this section? Why?

headings

Help us predict what the text will be about Help understand the main idea of that

section--- helps you understand what you are reading.

Organizes the text– makes it easy to read and find specific information.

Creates a sequence of the importance of the information.

Let’s review.

Headings …..Help us predict what the text will be aboutHow did the heading Animals Everywhere help

you predict or prepare you for what you were going to read?

It helped me predict that I would learn information about animals at the White House at the time that Tad Lincoln lived there during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. Not only did I learn that he had many different kinds of animals that were sent to him as gifts, but about one lucky turkey. Tad had become fond of a turkey that was meant to be a holiday dinner, but he convinced his parents not to use him as dinner.

Headings…Help you understand the main idea of that section--- helps you understand what you are reading. How does this heading help you understand

the main idea? The heading Animals Everywhere helps me understand that the main idea is that there were many different animals that were pets during Lincoln’s presidency. Rabbits, dogs, goats, and ponies were among the animals that were pets.

Headings…. Organizes the text– makes it easy to read and find specific information.

Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

Headings…. Organizes the text– makes it easy to read and find specific information.

How does the heading help organize the text? It makes the article neat to read. Also, it puts the information into

categories. This section, Animals Everywhere, gives me information about the different types of pets that lived at the White House during Lincoln’s presidency. Because the Lincoln’s were the first to have young kids at the White House, people sent all kinds of animals. Everything from goats, rabbits, dogs, ponies, and one very lucky turkey.

How does it make it easier to read? How could it help you find specific

information? Headings help me find specific information because they give you a clue about the main idea of that section. So, Animals Everywhere, would be good place to look to find information about the types of animals that lived at the White House during Lincoln’s presidency.

What other text features are present?? Heading

Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

Picture

How do pictures help you

understand a text?

What do they do for you?

Pictures/Photographs

Photographs and illustrations with or without captions deliver a quick insight into the content of a text.

Lets you see… what the text is about, setting, when it takes place, where it is taking place.

Helps you draw conclusions Gives you information not found in the text

about the topic

What does this picture tell us?

What quick insight does it give us about this text?

How does this help you see this text???

Setting? Where? When?

What conclusions does it help you make? What information does it give you that is

not in the text?

This picture shows me what the union

uniforms looked like during the Civil War.

This picture tells me that this text is about something that happened way back in our history because it is the Union Uniform during the

Civil War. This picture helps me understand that this text is

about past because the person is dressed in a way that we no longer dress. In fact, this is the uniform from

the Civil War which took place over 200 years ago.

The picture lets me know that the Union uniform was all blue with gold buttons. They may have carried a sword as part of their uniform. The uniform included a hat that was similar

to a cap. The only way one would know this is by looking

at the picture because this information is not in the text.

What other text features are present?? Heading Pictures

Mischief in the White HouseBy Jeanie Ransom

Abe Lincoln's son gave a troubled nation something to smile about.Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.Would your parents let you drive a cart pulled by goats through the middle of the living room? Or squirt visitors with a fire hose? You'd probably be grounded for decades.But not Tad Lincoln, the youngest son of America's 16th president. Tad, who was 8 when the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, built forts on the White House roof, held plays and puppet shows in the attic and ran a lemonade stand in the White House lobby.

Animals EverywhereSince his dad, Abraham Lincoln, was the first president with young children living in the White House, people sent lots of gifts— ponies, dogs, rabbits, even a pair of goats. Tad became particularly attached to a turkey that was meant to be the Lincolns' holiday dinner.Tad named the turkey "Jack" and trained the bird to follow him all over the White House grounds. But when the day came to turn Jack into the main meal, Tad pleaded for his pet's life and his father relented. Jack got a stay of execution from the president.

Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

captions

How do captions help you better

understand text?

Captions ….

prepare you for accessing information Gives you specialized information that will

increase comprehension. Can explain a picture, graph, map, or any

other graphic aid. Can give information not found in the text.

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Tad Lincoln in a soldier's uniform that the Secretary of War allowed him to wear.

What does the caption tell us?

How does it help….

prepare for accessing information of this text?

This captions gives me a clue that I will learn information about Tad Lincoln. So, I will be thinking about this person and anything I may know about him before reading.

How does it help….

specialize information that will increase comprehension of this text?

The caption really focuses on Tad Lincoln. It let’s me know that the Secretary of War allowed a Union uniform to be given to him. Tad must have been special because they usually don’t give uniforms to people who are not in the armed forces.

How does it help….

explain the picture?

The caption tells me what the picture is all about. This caption shows me the type of uniform that was given to Tad Lincoln from the Secretary of War.

How does it help….

give information not found in this text?

Captions sometimes give you information not found in the text. For example, no where in the text does it say that the Secretary of War gave Tad a uniform. You can only know this by reading caption.

Choose one text feature from this text. Explain how it helped you better understand the text? Use information from the text to support your answer.