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Week 04 · Main Topic Meadow

Thursday

A guide to the Story Stump
// Main topic and key details
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: A guide to the Story Stump

Chris the Coyote taps the Story Stump with his paw.

"Some new friends want to visit our stump," he says.

"I can write them a guide," says Lizzy the Lizard.

She writes fast in her notebook.

Ferris reads it out loud. "What is it mostly about?"

Learn it: say it in one sentence

You can tell the main topic in one short sentence.

Use the title and the key details to help.

Ferris asks: What is it mostly about? He looks back.

Every line tells about the stump. This guide tells about the Story Stump!

Read it
A Guide to the Story Stump
The Story Stump is a big old stump in Fern Hollow.
It sits beside the Tomorrow Trail.
Chris the Coyote tells stories there each evening.
Ferris the Fox keeps a basket of books by the stump.
Friends may borrow a book and bring it back.
Soft moss grows around the stump.
The moss makes a comfy seat.
On rainy days, story time moves under the big fern.
Everyone is welcome at the Story Stump.
CHECK IT: THE MAIN TOPIC
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is this guide mostly about?
Which sentence tells the main topic best?
CHECK IT: KEY DETAILS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Where does the Story Stump sit?
Who keeps a basket of books?
What makes a comfy seat?
Where is story time on rainy days?
SentenceTrue or false?
Chris tells stories at the stump each evening.?
Friends must keep the books forever.?
Only foxes may visit the stump.?
The stump is big and old.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEFriends bring books back. Everyone is welcome.
BORROW A BOOK
  • How do friends borrow a book?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
FERN HOLLOW OR REAL WORLD?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
This guide is about a place in which world?
Which text this week told real facts about plants?
Try it
Think of a place you like.
Tell a grown-up one main topic sentence about it.
Then tell two key details.

Word Spot: story, few, while

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Story: S-T-O-R-Y.

Few: F-E-W.

While: W-H-I-L-E.

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.
The ___ has a happy ending.
A ___ birds sat on the fence.
We sang ___ we walked.

What a guide! Tomorrow Freddy has a game for you.

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