The author writes the stories.

Author: Kevin Henkes

Illustrated by Marisabina Russo

The illustrator draws the pictures.

Summary: Curtis has been delivering mail for forty-two years. Today is his last day. And all the mailboxes along his route are filled with surprises.

Genre –Realistic fiction.Realistic fiction is a

story that can happen in the real world.

Look for:•Story events that can happen in real life.•Characters that act in a way they might act in the real world.

• Kevin Henkes was born on November 27, 1960, in Wisconsin. When he was very young he took art lessons at a museum by his house. Kevin Henkes became an author and an illustrator when he was nineteen years old. He says many of his ideas come directly from his childhood.

• His father was a mail carrier. That's where he got the idea for "Good-bye, Curtis."

• "I've loved drawing for as long as I can remember."

• "Most of my books are about things I know: getting lost, adjusting to a new sibling, making new friends, starting school."

1. Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary.3.When you see the word, get

ready to find the word in your glossary.

A clerk - a person who

sells something

in a store

The clerk will help you choose just the right outfit.

Route - the path that a sales person or delivery person always follows

Route 66 is a route from the east to the west.

Addresses - the information on pieces of mail telling whom the mail is for and where those people live Mrs. Smith keeps her

addresses in an electronic address book.

Grown - finished

growing

This tiny dog is full grown.

Pour - to move in a steady stream

Will you please pour some orange juice for me?

Honor - a show of pride in someone or something

Medals are given to honor our military men and women.

• Say the words.

• Read the sentences.

• Fill in the blank.

Please ______ the brownie batter carefully into the baking pan.

• grown

• pour

• route

• clerk

• addresses

• honor

The cub has ________ into a huge tiger.

• clerk

• addresses

• route

• honor

• grown

• pour

A good ________ knows about all the merchandise in the store.

• route

• honor

• addresses

• clerk

• grown

• pour

He takes his mailbox when he changes _____________.

• route

• clerk

• honor

• grown

• addresses

• pour

This mailman wants a different ________.

• route

• honor

• pour

• clerk

• addresses

• grown

A folded American flag is presented to a parent in _____ of a fallen military person.

• addresses

• pour

• clerk

• route

• honor

• grown

Review the definitions1. addresses - the street names, street numbers,

cities, and states where businesses or homes can be found

2. clerk - a salesperson in a store 3. grown - to be an adult4. honor -show of respect and love 5. pour -to move somewhere quickly and in large

numbers6. route - a series of places or customers visited

regularly by a person who delivers or sells something

Match the meaning to the word.

1. route____

2. honor ____

3. addresses ___

4. clerk ____

5. grown ____

6. pour ____

A. the street names, street numbers, cities, and states where businesses or homes can be found

B. a series of places or customers visited regularly by a person who

C. to be an adultD. show of respect and love E. to move somewhere

quickly and in large numbers

F. a salesperson in a store delivers or sells something

E

D

F

A

C

B

Anne Miller

Websites

• Word List• Vocabulary• PracticeDefinitions• Matching• In Context• Summarize

• Contractions• Summarize • Sadlier - Contractions

• Contractions 'll, n't, 's• Good-bye, Curtis

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Worksheets:• Grammar Worksheet • Compare and Contrast• Contraction Worksheet • Matching Cards:  Vocabulary• Vocabulary Worksheet • Vocabulary Visuals

Activities and Information

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