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Week 03 · Story Characters

Wednesday

How characters respond
// Feelings, traits and how characters respond
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: How characters respond

Lucy the Ladybug takes a slow breath. "In, two, three. Out, two, three."

"That is what I do when something goes wrong," she says.

Ferris the Fox nods. "What a character does next is called a response."

"Let us see how two friends respond to a splash," says Lucy.

Learn it: respond

When something happens, a character responds.

A response is what the character says or does next.

Read this: Rosie dropped her cup. She said oops and wiped it up.

Lucy asks: How did Rosie respond? She said oops and cleaned up!

Read it

Read it
The Spilled Paint
Lizzy the Lizard painted a sign for the Story Stump.
It said Story Time in big green letters.
Freddy the Frog hopped by to see it.
Oops! His foot bumped the jar of blue paint.
Blue drops splashed all over the sign.
Freddy's face fell. "I am so sorry, Lizzy," he said.
Lizzy felt upset for a moment.
She took a slow, deep breath.
Then she looked closely at the blue drops.
"These could be blue flowers!" she said.
Freddy helped her paint green stems under each drop.
The new sign was even better than before.
CHECK IT: RESPONSES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What happened to the sign?
How did Freddy respond first?
How did Lizzy feel for a moment?
How did Lizzy respond to the blue drops?
SentenceTrue or false?
The letters on the sign were green.?
Lizzy shouted at Freddy.?
Lizzy took a deep breath.?
Freddy helped paint the stems.?
WHY THIS EXERCISELizzy did not shout. She took a breath and had an idea.
PUT THE SPILLED PAINT IN ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
WHAT DOES IT SHOW?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Freddy said sorry and helped. What trait does that show?
Lizzy turned the drops into flowers. What trait does that show?
How did the story end?
Try it
Practice Lucy's breath with a grown-up.
Breathe in for three. Breathe out for three.
Talk about one good way to respond to a spill.
Draw the new sign with the blue flowers.

Word Spot: never, started

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Never: N-E-V-E-R.

Started: S-T-A-R-T-E-D.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I ___ give up.
The rain ___ after lunch.

Great thinking! Tomorrow we watch feelings change in a story.

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