Sparkys Mystery Fortune: Level N

Objectives

Materials
3 books
fortune cookie app on ipad
white boards and markers
sequence cards
contraction sheet
fortune cookie sheet

Predicting
Sequencing
Retelling
Word Work: Contractions and
multiple meaning words

Ask: does anyone know what a fortune is?

ASK: Have you ever had your fortune read before?
Show the fortune cookie app. Each child will get a chance to open a fortune
cookie and read their fortune.

Hook

Before Reading
Introduce the book: Students will read the title, look at the front and
back cover. ASK: what kind of book is this and what might it be about
Students will preview the rest of the book by looking at the pictures.
Predict: what do you think this book is about. Give evidence from the
text.
EXAMPLE: to make my prediction, I think about the title of the story,
Sparkys Mystery Fortune. I wonder what the mystery is. When I look at
the front cover illustration, I see a girl holding some small pieces of
paper. I wonder weather she is Sparky. On the title page I see bits of
broken fortune cookie. The pieces of paper must be from the cookie. I
wonder if Sparky gets a mystery fortune.
Write your prediction down
Vocabulary

Read each word. Can you use it in a sentence? If not, read the sentence in the book
Breathlessly pg 5
Mystery pg 7
Discovered pg 10
Theories pg 14

During Reading
Pages 1-9
Prior to beginning remind students to underline words that they may not
know or struggle with
Students will begin to read and stop at the end of page 9.
If they finish reading early, they can do the following task: Revise their
prediction.
Share predictions and ask why (related back to text)
Do you think the familys fortunes are a prediction of what might happen

next in the story?

On page 6 the author using the words in a jiffy, what is the author
trying to say?
Go over any words that challenged students
Pages 9-13
Begin with a quick retell from last read
Remind students to underline words that they may not know or struggle
with
Students will begin to read and stop at the end of page 13.
If they finish reading early, they can do the following task: Answer: What
caused Sparky to get lost?
Ask: How did all of Emilys familys fortune come true? (go back and read
each fortune)
Sequencing: is retelling the events of the story in order that they
happened. We use words like first, next, then and last. The sequence of
events lists the most important events for someone to understand the
story. It does not include all the details of the story.
Together: on cards these events are written Emma goes to dinner with
her family, its her moms birthday, everyone gets a mysterious fortune in
their cookie, dad and the children are running late. Identify which are the
most important events. The other are information that makes the story
interesting but are not important events
Sequence the events of the story so far. Use cards with pictures and
words to help.
Go over any words that challenged students

Pages 14-15
Begin with a quick retell from last read
Remind students to underline words that they may not know or struggle
with
Students will begin to read and stop at the end of the book.
If they finish reading early, they can do the following task: Which of the
three theories do you think is correct and why?
Go over any words that challenged students
After Reading
ASK:
Why is Sparkys Mystery Fortune an appropriate title for this book?
How did they solve the problem? Can you find evidence in the book?
Do you think fortunes in cookies sometimes come true? Why or why not?

Grammar/Word Word Practice

Contractions
Two words join together create a contraction example: do no dont
Look for contractions in the book
Pg 3 Ill
Pg 4 well, hell cant
Pg 6 its
Pg 8 dont
Pg 9 lets, hes
Pg 11 hadnt
Pg 13 doesnt
Match contractions
Think of two other contraction each and write it on a sticky note.
Final Task
Write you own fortune for your friends or family members