The Yard Sale CTDR
THE YARD SALE Vocabulary
LEVEL D/6
• Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word table mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on pages 4–7. (Answer: something that you can put things on; Clues/evidence: illustrations on page 4–5; they put toys on the tables; they put clothes on the tables; they put books on the tables) • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word dime mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on page 8. (Answer: ten cents; Clues/evidence: the book is ten cents; the man put a dime in the jar)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: The car is 5 . . . (cents, page 10) A boy bought a toy car for 5 cents.
M A girl bought a doll for 25 cents.
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: The boy put three pennies in the jar because . . . (he bought three baseball cards, pages 14–15) • Identify sequence of events: A boy bought a toy car for 5 cents. What happened next? Explain your answer. Use a sequence-of-events chart to answer this question. (a girl bought a doll for 25 cents, pages 12–13)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Make inferences: Look at page 10. A nickel is the same as . . . (Answer: 5 cents; Clues/evidence: the car is 5 cents; the boy put a nickel in the jar) • Analyze character: What kind of person is Mark? (Answer: helpful; Clues/ evidence: he helped Mom get some tables; he helped Mom put the tables in the yard; he helped Mom put toys, clothes, and books on the tables; he helped sell, pages 4–15)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Look at pages 14–15. Mark is smiling. Why did the illustrator have Mark smiling? (to show that Mark likes to sell)
Early Explorers Set A Emergent Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
LEVEL D/6
• Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word table mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on pages 4–7. (Answer: something that you can put things on; Clues/evidence: illustrations on page 4–5; they put toys on the tables; they put clothes on the tables; they put books on the tables) • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word dime mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on page 8. (Answer: ten cents; Clues/evidence: the book is ten cents; the man put a dime in the jar)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: The car is 5 . . . (cents, page 10) A boy bought a toy car for 5 cents.
M A girl bought a doll for 25 cents.
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: The boy put three pennies in the jar because . . . (he bought three baseball cards, pages 14–15) • Identify sequence of events: A boy bought a toy car for 5 cents. What happened next? Explain your answer. Use a sequence-of-events chart to answer this question. (a girl bought a doll for 25 cents, pages 12–13)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Make inferences: Look at page 10. A nickel is the same as . . . (Answer: 5 cents; Clues/evidence: the car is 5 cents; the boy put a nickel in the jar) • Analyze character: What kind of person is Mark? (Answer: helpful; Clues/ evidence: he helped Mom get some tables; he helped Mom put the tables in the yard; he helped Mom put toys, clothes, and books on the tables; he helped sell, pages 4–15)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Look at pages 14–15. Mark is smiling. Why did the illustrator have Mark smiling? (to show that Mark likes to sell)
Early Explorers Set A Emergent Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
