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Week 10 · Why and Who

Wednesday

Who is telling the story?
// Author's purpose and point of view
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Who is telling the story?

Rosie the Rabbit bounces up to the Story Stump.

"I wrote a story about me!" she says. "It is so fun!"

Donnie tilts his head. "Your story says I and me," he says softly.

"That is a big clue," says Ferris. "It tells us who is telling."

Learn it: who is telling?

The narrator is the one who tells the story.

If the story says I and me, a character is telling it.

If it says he, she or they, an outside voice tells it.

Rosie wrote her story to tell about her day, just for fun.

Donnie asks: Who is telling? He looks for I. Rosie is!

Read it
The Puddle Jump
I woke up and saw rain on my window.
Hooray! I love rainy days.
I put on my yellow raincoat and hopped outside.
A huge puddle sat in the middle of the trail.
I backed up, ran fast and jumped.
Splash! I landed right in the middle.
Mud covered my ears and my nose.
Hazel the Hedgehog laughed a kind laugh.
"You look like a mud bunny!" she said.
I laughed too, and we hopped home to dry off.
CHECK IT: THE PUDDLE JUMP
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who is telling this story?
Which word shows a character is telling it?
What did Rosie put on?
What did Hazel call Rosie?
PUT THE PUDDLE JUMP IN ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
A CHARACTER OR AN OUTSIDE VOICE?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
"I hopped outside." Who is telling?
"She hopped outside." Who is telling?
"We hopped home to dry off." Who is telling?
"They laughed and laughed." Who is telling?
SentenceTrue or false?
Rosie loves rainy days.?
Rosie landed at the edge of the puddle.?
Hazel laughed a kind laugh.?
Rosie wrote this story to persuade.?
WHY THIS EXERCISERosie landed right in the middle. She wrote to tell a fun story.
Try it
Tell a grown-up about a fun day you had.
Use I and me, like Rosie.
Now you are the narrator!

Word Spot: miss, idea, enough

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Miss: M-I-S-S.

Idea: I-D-E-A.

Enough: E-N-O-U-G-H.

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 ___ my friend.
That is a good ___.
Do we have ___ chairs?

Super work! Tomorrow two friends feel two ways about one windy day.

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