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Superheroes Save the Dayby Sienna Jagadorn
Fountas-Pinnell Level JFantasySelection SummaryWhen Mekea, Raj, and Diana wake up one morning, they fi nd they each have a super power. The three friends spend the day being superheroes and helping people. Though their superpowers disappear at the end of the day, they realize that with or without super powers, they can still help people.
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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Fantasy
Text Structure • Easy-to-follow episodic plot• Third-person narrative
Content • Super powers and superheroes• Rescues
Themes and Ideas • Helping people, with or without super powers• Working together to solve problems
Language and Literary Features
• Fantasy: Characters have impossible super powers• Conversational language• Story told from several points of view
Sentence Complexity • A mix of short and longer, more complex sentences• Ellipses
Vocabulary • Some words relating to fantasy that may be unfamiliar to English language learners: super power, x-ray vision, superhero, superheroes
• Target vocabulary words highlighted in textWords • Mostly one- and two-syllable words, with some multisyllabic words that may be
unfamiliar to English language learners: favorite, another, depended, overlooked, superheroes, tomorrow
Illustrations • Illustrations support the text.Book and Print Features • Thirteen pages of text; illustrations on every page
• Some sentences starting in middle of line, carrying over two lines.• Labels on illustrations that clarify text
© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Target Vocabulary
depended – needed help, p. 13exercise – physical activity that
helps you become strong and healthy, p. 11
gazing – looking at something for a long time, p. 7
hero – someone who is admired for doing something brave or good, p. 8
overlooked – didn’t notice something, p. 13
sore – painful or tender, p. 11
springs – moves upwards or forwards suddenly, p. 4
studied – spent time observing carefully, p. 9
Superheroes Save the Day by Sienna Jagadorn
Build BackgroundBuild interest in this story by asking questions such as the following: What is a super power? What super power would you like to have? Read the title and author and talk about the cover illustration. Point out that the story is fantasy, so things that happen couldn’t happen in real life.
Front-Load Vocabulary Some everyday words may be unfamiliar to English learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: alarm clock, stretched, power, sneakers, closet, exercise, puppy, strange, van.
Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Call their attention to any important labels. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that this is a story about three friends, Mekea, Raj, and Diana, who have known each other a long time. Draw attention to the illustration and the labels that identify the three children.Suggested language: Let’s read the last two sentences: They knew everything about one another. Then something strange happened. What do you think happened to the children?
Pages 4–5: Draw attention to the illustrations on these pages. Each of the friends wakes up and discovers that she or he has a super power. What kinds of super powers can you predict the children have by looking at these pictures?
Page 7: The labels on the picture show a kite in a tree. Why do you think the boy in the picture is gazing sadly at the kite? Is he looking at it because he can’t reach it?
Page 8: Draw attention to the illustration and the labels. Why do you think the boy called Mekea a hero? What did she do that made her so special?
Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out what happens to the three superheroes.
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ReadAs the children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem-solving ability.
Remind children to use the Monitor/Clarify Strategy to fi nd ways to fi gure out what doesn’t make sense.
Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the story.Suggested language: How do you think the friends felt, waking up with super powers? How do you think they felt when they lost them?
Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help children understand these points:
Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text
• Mekea, Raj, and Diana each wake up one morning with a super power.
• They use their super powers all day to help people
• At the end of the day, they lose their super powers, at least temporarily.
• You can help people, with or without super powers.
• By working together, you can solve problems.
• The language sounds realistic, even though the characters have super powers.
• Uncertainty is shown with ellipses.
© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.
Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Remind them
to pay attention to phrasing so that the meaning is clear and the characters sound natural.
• Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas.
• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Guide children to read and write words that have double vowel patterns, as in reach and street, as well as words with y as a vowel: play, my, toy, and heavy.
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Writing about ReadingCritical ThinkingHave children complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 20.10.
RespondingHave children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.
Target Comprehension SkillCompare and Contrast
Target Comprehension Skill Remind children that when they compare and
contrast they tell how two things are alike or not. Model the skill, using this “Think Aloud”:
Think Aloud
Raj and Diana are alike in some ways. They both discover they have super powers. They both use their super powers to help other people. But they are different, too. Raj’s super power is great strength, while Diana’s super power is x-ray vision.
Practice the SkillHave children compare and contrast two characters from another story to understand how they are alike and how they are different.
Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave children write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use what they know and their own experience to think about what happens in the story.
Assessment Prompts• What did the three friends learn about super powers?
• On page 13, what does the word depended mean?
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Read directions to children.
Think About ItRead and answer the questions.
1. What is a superhero?
Possible response: A superhero is someone uses a special
power to help other people.
2. How do you know that this story is a fantasy?
People do not have super powers in real life.
3. Pretend that you could meet one of the characters in
the story. What would you ask that character?
Possible response: I would ask Raj what it feels like to lift
up a car.
Making Connections If you became a superhero, what power would you have? Why? Draw a picture that shows you using your power.
Draw your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.
Grade 2, Unit 4: Heroes and Helpers
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First Pass
English Language DevelopmentReading Support Check regularly on children’s oral reading to determine accuracy, fl uency, and comprehension. Or have children use the audio or online recordings.
Vocabulary Explain that the word superhero is a compound word, made up of two parts: super, meaning greater or outstanding, and hero, meaning a person who does something very brave or special.
Oral Language DevelopmentCheck children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: What can Mekea stretch?
Speaker 2: her arm
Speaker 1: What did Raj lose under his bed?
Speaker 2: a sneaker
Speaker 1: What kind of vision does Diana have?
Speaker 2: x-ray vision
Speaker 1: How do Mekea, Raj, and Diana know each other?
Speaker 2: They live on the same street and play together.
Speaker 1: Where is the little boy’s kite stuck?
Speaker 2: The kite is in a tree.
Speaker 1: What super powers do the three friends have?
Speaker 2: Mekea can stretch her arm, Raj can lift heavy things, and Diana has x-ray vision.
Speaker 1: What do the three superheroes discover at the end of the day?
Speaker 2: They have lost their super powers.
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Name Date
Superheroes Save the DayThinking Beyond the Text
Write a paragraph answering the following question:
How do you think the three friends felt when they lost their super powers at the end of the day? Use details from the story to support your answer.
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Think About ItRead and answer the questions.
1. What is a superhero?
2. How do you know that this story is a fantasy?
3. Pretend that you could meet one of the characters in
the story. What would you ask that character?
Making Connections If you became a superhero, what power would you have? Why? Draw a picture that shows you using your power.
Draw your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.
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Superheroes Save the Day LEVEL J Running Record Form
Superheroes Save the Day
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Mekea, Raj, and Diana lived on the same
street. The children played together. They
were good friends. They knew everything
about one another. Then something strange
happened.
One morning, Mekea’s alarm clock rang.
She stretched out her arm to turn it off. Mekea
stretched . . . and stretched . . . and stretched!
Her alarm clock was across the room, but she
stretched her arm far enough to reach it.
“I have a super power!” thought Mekea.
The same morning, Raj woke up. He
looked for his sneakers.
Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read
correctly/89 × 100)
%
Self-Correction Rate
(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections)
1:
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