CHALLENGING WORDS
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cutter
docks
green
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pipes
red
uncle
SUMMARY
Of all the things that Sue Snue might decide to do she wants to be herself and do what she wants to do.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Recall whose birthday it is.(Answer) / Sue Snue
(Follow Up) / Have you ever been to a birthday party?
(2) / List all of the colors of the socks.
(Answer) / Red, green, yellow and blue socks.
(Follow Up) / Which one is your favorite?
(3) / Name who the cake-cutter was.
(Answer) / Uncle Dutter.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever helped cut a birthday cake?
(4) / Tell what the pipes were used for.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name something that you need pipes for.
(5) / List all the things Sue Snue did.
(Answer) / Made socks, cut cake, pipes, cow poker, singer, butcher, baker, ice-cream cone maker, farmer, foot doctor, astronaut, runner, teacher, tailor, president, police officer, bullfighter, skywriter, canner of peas and trainer of fleas.
(Follow Up) / Which one did you like the most?
(6) / Define the word ”choose”.
(Answer) / To pick one.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever had to choose between two things?
(7) / Assume why she told everybody to stop.
(Answer) / She just wanted to be herself.
(Follow Up) / Share why its good to just be yourself.
(8) / Retell this story in your own words.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / If you could change any part of this story what would it be?
(9) / Describe the kind of birthday party you would like to have.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / What can you do for your birthday when you don’t have a party?
(10) / On page 20, what was Sue Snue doing?
(Answer) / Flying in space.
(Follow Up) / Was this a good book?
Activities
1. / Draw a picture of your favorite part of the book and write one sentence telling why?
2. / Write a story about one of your birthday parties.
3. / List all the things Sue Snue did in the book.
4. / Draw a picture of you at your birthday party.
Introductions
1. / Have birthday supplies on the table when students enter and ask them whose having a birthday party today. Today our story is about a birthday party. Let’s read our story to find out more…2. / Have different kinds birthday pictures on the table when students enter. Ask them which is their favorite? Today we will read about some ones birthday.
3. / Wear a birthday hat when you pick-up students and have some for the students to wear. Discuss birthday parties. Tell students today we will read about some ones birthday.
Book Title: Who Are You, Sue Snue
Author: Tish Rabe / Illustrator: Tom BrannonISBN: 0-679-88636-2 / # of Text Pages: 29 AR: n/a LEX: 350
Building Oral Vocabulary
1 / birthday / 3 / choose / 3 / older
Prediction Questions
3 / What will she choose to do?
10 / What will she do next?
28 / Which was her favorite?