Ivy + Bean Book Club, Section 3 (Pages 68-93)

ELA Standards:
● RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text.
● RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or
drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
● RL.5.7: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone,
mood, or appeal of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale,
myth, poem).
● RL.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band
independently and proficiently. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous
experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons.
ELP Standards:
● 4-5.1: An English Language Learner can . . . construct meaning from oral presentations
and literary and informational text through grade appropriate listening, reading, and
viewing.
○ By the end of Level 3, an English Language Learner can use a developing set of
strategies to: determine the main idea or theme, retell a few key details, and
retell familiar stories from read-alouds, simple written texts, and oral
presentations.
Materials:
● Ivy + Bean
● Pencil
● Section 3 Comprehension Questions
● Section 4 Comprehension Questions (for end)
● White Board
● White Board Marker
Procedure:
● Start with intro questions:
○ What is a summary?
■ A short description of the beginning, middle, and end of a passage or
novel. -- write this on small white board
○ Who wants to give me a summary of this section of the book?
○ What was your favorite part of this section of the story?
○ If you were Nancy, how would you feel about having Bean for a sister?
● Go to student comprehension packet for Pages 68-93.
○ Q1: What was in the box that Ivy pulled out from under the bed? (A: a spell book)
○ Q5: What happened when the girls went to Mrs. Trantz’s yard? (A: Mrs. Trantz
caught them)
■ Follow up: How do you feel about Mrs. Trantz’s reaction? Is she mean,
upset, etc.?
○ Q9: Why was Nancy crying? (A: Her mother wouldn’t let her get her ears pierced)
■ Follow up: Discuss a time in your life when you were upset because
someone wouldn’t let you do something you wanted to do.
● Give students vocabulary chart for pages 68-93. Go over each word one at a time.
○ Ask students to write their guess for each word, then go over the true definition.
Have them draw something that helps them remember the word.
● Give students next week’s questions and go over tricky vocab they may encounter.
NAME: ____________________________ Ivy + Bean SECTION 3
Comprehension Questions (Chapters Pages 68-93)

REMEMBER TO WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER WHERE YOU FOUND THE ANSWER.

1. What was in the box that Ivy pulled out from under bed?

2. What did Ivy say that they needed in order to perform the dancing spell?

3. How did the girls plan to get into Bean’s backyard?

4. Why did the girls need to go to Bean’s backyard?

5. What happened when the girls went into Mrs. Trantz’s yard?

6. (a) What did Bean and Ivy say was the emergency that forced them to cross Mrs.
Trantz’s backyard? (b) How did Mrs. Trantz react?

7. How many worms did the girls need for the dancing spell?

8. What did the girls see when they looked into the kitchen window of Bean’s house?

9. Why was Nancy crying?

10. What did Ivy do after Nancy grabbed Bean?

 KEY FOR SECTION 3 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. What was in the box that Ivy pulled out from under bed?

A spell book (page 70)

2. What did Ivy say that they needed in order to perform the dancing spell?

Worms (page 70)

3. How did the girls plan to get into Bean’s backyard?

Go through the backyards of the other people who lived on Pancake Court (page 71)

4. Why did the girls need to go to Bean’s backyard?

There were lots of worms there. (page 71)

5. What happened when the girls went into Mrs. Trantz’s yard?

Mrs. Trantz caught them as they were walking across the yard (page 78)

6. (a) What did Bean and Ivy say was the emergency that forced them to cross Mrs.
Trantz’s backyard? (b) How did Mrs. Trantz react?

(a) Ivy said she was about to throw up

(b) Mrs. Trantz told them to go and ran back inside her house. (pages 80-81)

7. How many worms did the girls need for the dancing spell?

Ten (page 87)

8. What did the girls see when they looked into the kitchen window of Bean’s house?

Nancy sitting at the table and crying (page 90)

9. Why was Nancy crying?

Her mother wouldn’t let her get her ears pierced. (page 92)

10. What did Ivy do after Nancy grabbed Bean?

She waved her hand in Nancy’s face and commanded her to let Bean go. (page 93)
NAME:_____________________ IVY + BEAN PAGES 68-93 SECTION 3

Vocabulary Word Page I think it means... The dictionary definition is... A drawing of this word
could be…

mysterious 70

private 70

glared (glare) 78

whirling (whirl) 80

gagged (gag) 80

stilt 86

spies (spy) 88

hissed (hiss) 93
 KEY FOR SECTION 3 VOCABULARY CHART
Vocabulary Page I think it The dictionary definition is... A drawing of this word
Word means... could be…

mysterious 70 Strange or secretive

private 70 Something we don’t want to share

with everyone

glared 78 A fierce or angry stare

(glare)

whirling 80 To move quickly

(whirl)

gagged 80 To make a choking sound

(gag)

stilt 86 A pole to make a person taller when

they walk

spies (spy) 88 A person who watches others

secretly

hissed 93 To whisper something angrily

(hiss)