♪ ♪ HI, SUPER LEARNERS, AND WELCOME TO MY CLASSROOM.

I'’M YOUR HOST, MR. R., AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HANG WITH YOU TODAY.

WE'’RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY FUN TIME TOGETHER, AND WE'’RE GOING TO LEARN AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU READY?

♪ ♪ HI, LEARNERS.

WELCOME.

I'’M MR. CARRINGTON, AND I'’M SO GLAD YOU'’RE HERE, BECAUSE I'’M IN DIRE NEED OF A TEXT DETECTIVE.

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?

AWESOME.

I HAVE MY DETECTIVE GEAR HERE.

SO, LET'’S GET STARTED ON TODAY'’S CASE.

I'’VE BEEN ENJOYING THIS INTERESTING HISTORICAL FICTION TEXT TITLED "DEAR MR. ROSENWALD: THE SCHOOL THAT HOPE BUILT," WRITTEN BY CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD.

IT'’S A COLLECTION OF SHORT POEMS THAT COME TOGETHER TO TELL US A STORY.

THE TITLE OF EACH POEM IS AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE.

AS I'’VE BEEN READING THIS BOOK, I'’VE COME ACROSS WORDS THAT I CAN READ, BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN.

WHEN THERE AREN'’T ANY CONTEXT CLUES, WE REFER TO REFERENCE MATERIALS, SUCH AS A DICTIONARY, TO FIND WORD MEANINGS.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP ME?

GREAT.

WE'’RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF FINDING THE MEANING OF UNKNOWN WORDS USING CONTEXT CLUES IN OUR CASE NOTES.

...IN OUR CASE NOTES.

WATCH AS I LABEL THE FIRST BOX "WORD."

IN THIS BOX, WE ARE GOING TO WRITE THE UNKNOWN WORD.

NEXT, LET'’S LABEL OUR BOX "CONTEXT CLUES."

IN THIS BOX, WE ARE GOING TO WRITE KEY WORDS, OR HINTS, FROM THE TEXT THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE UNKNOWN WORD.

EXCELLENT.

NOW, I LABEL THE THIRD BOX "DEFINITION."

IN THIS BOX, WE ARE GOING TO WRITE THE MEANING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD, USING CONTEXT CLUES FROM THE TEXT.

FINALLY, LET'’S LABEL OUR LAST BOX "SENTENCE."

IN THIS BOX, WE WILL CORRECTLY USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE, SHOWING UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD.

GOOD.

SO, AS I READ OUR TEXT, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE MEANING OF "SOWED" IN THE PAGE TITLED "TAKING ROOT."

TEXT DETECTIVES, CAN YOU HELP ME FIND THE MEANING OF "SOWED" USING CONTEXT CLUES?

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?

GREAT.

LET'’S BEGIN READING.

THE SENTENCE CONTAINING OUR UNKNOWN WORD, "SOWED," READS... WATCH AS, ON MY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, I WRITE THE WORD "SOWED" IN OUR FIRST BOX.

NOW, I WILL REREAD THE SENTENCE TO LOOK FOR CONTEXT CLUES THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD.

HMM.

I KNOW THAT A SEED IS PLANTED.

I WONDER IF THAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD "SOWED."

ON MY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, I'’M GOING TO WRITE IN THE SENTENCE: "'’SOWED'’ USED AS A VERB, EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENS TO A SEED."

THIS IS OUR CONTEXT CLUE.

AFTER REREADING THE SENTENCE AND FINDING SOME CONTEXT CLUES, I CAN NOW DEFINE THE WORD "SOWED."

IF I STILL FELT UNSURE, I COULD SCAN THE PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL CLUES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE TITLE OF THE POEM ON THIS PAGE IS "TAKING ROOT."

I KNOW THAT PLANTS TAKE ROOT, OR GROW IN THE SOIL, SO, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CONTEXT CLUE THAT I COULD USE.

IN THE THIRD BOX, I'’M GOING TO WRITE "TO PLANT A SEED."

BASED ON THE CONTEXT CLUES AND DEFINITION, I'’M GOING TO USE IT IN A SENTENCE, SO THAT I DON'’T FORGET WHAT IT MEANS.

I'’LL WRITE, "I SOWED SOME SUNFLOWERS, BUT THEY HAVEN'’T SPROUTED YET."

GREAT JOB WATCHING ME FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD "SOWED" USING CONTEXT CLUES.

I HOPE YOU PAID CLOSE ATTENTION, BECAUSE YOU'’LL BE DOING IT ON YOUR OWN SOON.

NOW, LET'’S PRACTICE FINDING THE MEANING OF AN UNKNOWN WORD ON ANOTHER PAGE IN OUR TEXT.

AS I WAS READING THE PAGE TITLED "BLUEPRINTS," I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE MEANING OF "BEAMED."

I NEED YOUR HELP AS TEXT DETECTIVES TO DETERMINE THE MEANING OF "BEAMED" IN THE TEXT.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?

GREAT.

LET'’S READ "BLUEPRINTS."

CAN YOU HELP ME FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD "BEAMED" USING CONTEXT CLUES?

HMM.

WHAT SENTENCE CONTAINS "BEAMED"?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

OUR SENTENCE IS... BECAUSE "BEAMED" IS OUR UNKNOWN WORD, WE SHOULD PLACE "BEAMED" IN OUR FIRST BOX.

NOW, LET'’S REREAD THE SENTENCE AND LOOK FOR ANY CONTEXT CLUES THAT MIGHT HELP US FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF THE WORD "BEAMED."

HMM.

AFTER "BEAMED," IT READS, "YOU'’RE HALFWAY TO THE GOAL."

GOALS ARE THINGS WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, SO, PEOPLE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY ABOUT BEING HALFWAY THERE.

THAT PHRASE COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF "BEAMED."

SO, OUR CONTEXT CLUE IS...

RIGHT.

IT'’S "YOU'’RE HALFWAY TO THE GOAL."

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR FACE WHEN WE BEAM?

RIGHT.

WE SMILE, BECAUSE, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT BEING HALFWAY TO THE GOAL.

SO, AFTER REREADING THE SENTENCE AND USING CONTEXT AROUND THE WORD, CAN WE DEFINE THE WORD "BEAMED"?

WE SURE CAN.

IN THE THIRD BOX, WE'’RE GOING TO PLACE "TO SMILE BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY OR PROUD."

BASED ON THE CONTEXT CLUES AND DEFINITION, WE ARE NOW READY TO USE THE WORD "BEAMED" IN A SENTENCE.

ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR SENTENCE WITH ME?

SHOUT IT OUT.

NICE WORK.

HERE'’S MY SENTENCE USING THE WORD "BEAMED."

GREAT WORK, TEXT DETECTIVES.

CAN YOU HELP ME FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF ANOTHER UNKNOWN WORD USING CONTEXT CLUES?

YOU CAN?

EXCELLENT.

LET'’S KEEP GOING.

THE NEXT PAGE THAT WE WILL READ FROM "DEAR MR. ROSENWALD" IS TITLED "SHARECROPPING."

YOU WATCHED ME DO THE FIRST PAGE, WE DID THE LAST PAGE TOGETHER, AND NOW, IT'’S YOUR TURN ON YOUR OWN.

ARE YOU READY, TEXT DETECTIVES?

LET'’S GET STARTED.

WHAT WORD IS OUR UNKNOWN WORD?

CORRECT.

"FRETTING."

REREAD THE SENTENCE THAT CONTAINS THE WORD "FRETTING" IN OUR PASSAGE.

WHAT COULD BE OUR CONTEXT CLUE IN THE SENTENCE?

RIGHT.

OUR CONTEXT CLUE IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED.

BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED, MAMA IS FRETTING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FAMILY.

LET'’S PLACE "ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED" ON OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER UNDER "CONTEXT CLUES."

WHAT DOES "FRETTING" MEAN IN THE SENTENCE, "LATER, I HEARD MAMA FRETTING ABOUT THE BABY ON THE WAY"?

WHAT CAN WE REPLACE "FRETTING" WITH TO MAKE SENSE?

RIGHT.

WE CAN REPLACE "FRETTING" WITH "WORRYING" IN THE SENTENCE.

AFTER REREADING THE SENTENCE AND IDENTIFYING CONTEXT CLUES, HOW WOULD WE DEFINE THE WORD "FRETTING"?

RIGHT.

"FRETTING" MEANS "TO WORRY."

BASED ON THE CONTEXT CLUE PROVIDED IN OUR DEFINITION, WE ARE NOW READY TO USE THE WORD IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE.

OKAY, TIME TO SHARE YOUR SENTENCE WITH ME.

SHOUT IT OUT.

NICELY DONE.

HERE'’S MY SENTENCE USING THE WORD "FRETTING."

TEXT DETECTIVES, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB TODAY USING CONTEXT CLUES TO DETERMINE THE MEANING OF UNKNOWN WORDS.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY CRACKED THE CASE.

WE WERE ABLE TO USE CONTEXT CLUES FROM THE STORY COMBINED WITH WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE ROSENWALD SCHOOLS AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE STORY TO FIGURE OUT THE MEANING OF THE UNKNOWN WORD "FRETTING."

HIGH-FIVE!

THIS CASE IS CLOSED.

REMEMBER... BE SURE TO JOIN ME NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER LITERACY INVESTIGATION.

SEE YOU THEN.

WOW!

WHAT A DAY SO FAR.

SO MUCH GREAT LEARNING GOING ON.

NEXT, WE'’RE GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT NATURE THAT I KNOW YOU'’LL LOVE.

HI, MY NAME'’S KENNEDY, AND I WORK HERE, AT THE ARTHROPOD ZOO AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH.

AT MY JOB, I GET TO WORK WITH ANIMALS LIKE LOBSTERS, SPIDERS, AND INSECTS.

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT INSECTS IS THEIR ABILITY TO FLY.

SCIENTISTS HERE AT THE MUSEUM HAVE BEEN FILMING A BUNCH OF BUGS AND HOW THEY FLY IN SLOW MOTION, SHOWING HOW SOME JUMP, FLAP, AND FLUTTER WHEN THEY GET INTO THE AIR.

LET'’S TAKE A LOOK.

RATHER THAN SHOWING YOU THINGS LIKE BUTTERFLIES AND BEES, THESE ARE SOME INTERESTING INSECTS YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

THIS FIRST INSECT IS A NUT WEEVIL.

THEY ARE A LITTLE CLUMSY AT GETTING OFF THE GROUND, BUT THEY WORK HARD TO FLAP THEIR WINGS AND TAKE OFF.

WEEVILS ARE SMALL AND FAST, SO IT CAN BE HARD TO WATCH WHAT THEY'’RE DOING WITHOUT THE HELP OF TECHNOLOGY.

THEIR ROUND BODIES AND LONG LEGS SEEM TO MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO FLY, BUT THEY STILL MANAGE TO GET THE JOB DONE THROUGH HARD WORK.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WEEVIL AT DIFFERENT ANGLES, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW AMAZING THEY ARE.

THEIR WINGS ARE ALMOST TWICE AS LONG AS THEIR BODIES, MEANING THEY HAVE TO FOLD THEM UP WHEN THEY AREN'’T IN USE.

THAT'’S WHY THEY PROTECT THEM WITH THE HARD COVERINGS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BACK.

THESE COVERINGS WILL POP UP TO ALLOW THE WINGS TO UNFOLD WHILE THE WEEVIL THROWS ITS FRONT LEGS INTO THE AIR TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY, SO THEIR WINGS CAN FLAP.

HERE IS A LARGER INSECT CALLED A KATYDID.

YOU MIGHT FIND THEM IN TREES OR TALL GRASSES, AND THEY ARE AMAZING JUMPERS WITH THEIR LONG LEGS.

THEY USE THEIR BEAUTIFUL WINGS TO GLIDE THROUGH THE AIR ONCE THEY JUMP OFF THE GROUND, BUT TO DO THIS, THEY MUST FIRST UNFOLD THEIR WINGS.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE MINI FOLDS IN THEIR WINGS, MUCH LIKE A PAPER FAN.

THIS KATYDID IS NAMED AFTER ITS POINTY HEAD SHAPE.

IT'’S CALLED THE HOOK-FACED CONEHEAD KATYDID.

THIS BUSH KATYDID SHOWS OFF ITS SUPER LONG LEGS HERE.

THEIR LEGS ARE ALMOST TWICE AS LONG AS THEIR BODY, MAKING THEM A STRONG JUMPER EVEN AMONG OTHER KATYDIDS.

IT JUMPS SO FAR, THAT IT GOES OFF SCREEN BEFORE WE CAN CATCH A GLIMPSE OF IT FLYING.

THIS LESSER ANGLE KATYDID IS AMAZING AT CAMOUFLAGE, WITH ITS UNIQUE LEAFLIKE WINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WING IN THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TIP OF IT IS DAMAGED.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING MAY HAVE TAKEN A BITE OUT OF THE WING WHILE THE KATYDID MADE AN ESCAPE.

HOWEVER, THE DAMAGED WING DOESN'’T SEEM TO BOTHER THE KATYDID AS IT FLIES AWAY.

THIS BLACK-AND-YELLOW INSECT ISN'’T A WASP OR BEE, BUT A BARK LOUSE.

DESPITE THE NAME, BARK LICE DON'’T HARM THE PLANTS THEY LIVE ON, SO YOU DON'’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THEM CAUSING DAMAGE.

THEY PREFER TO EAT MOLD AND DECAYING PLANT MATTER, NOT LIVING PLANTS.

I THINK THEY LOOK AWESOME.

I REALLY LIKE THE SHADING OF VEINS ON THEIR WINGS.

IF YOU WATCH THEM CLOSELY, YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, THEY DO A LITTLE CROUCH AND JUMP INTO THE AIR AS THEY FLAP THEIR WINGS.

THESE BARK LICE ARE AMAZING FLYING INSECTS.

I ALSO LOVE THE YELLOW STRIPES THESE BARK LICE HAVE ON THEIR ABDOMENS AND HOW THEY'’RE ABLE TO HOLD THEIR FRONT LEGS UP HIGH, OUT OF THE WAY OF THEIR WINGS.

NEXT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN ASSASSIN BUG.

THIS IS A KILLER.

THIS CROWNED ASSASSIN BUG GETS THIS NAME BECAUSE IT HUNTS OTHER INSECTS AND IS VERY GOOD AT SNEAKING AROUND IN PLANTS TO CATCH THEIR PREY WITH THOSE SPIKY, HOOKED FRONT LEGS.

THOSE INTERESTING SPIKES ON ITS HEAD ARE WHY WE SAY IT HAS A CROWN.

THEY USE THOSE SPIKY LEGS TO GRAB AHOLD OF THEIR PREY AND THEN PIERCE IT WITH ITS SPECIAL MOUTH PARTS.

EVEN FLYING, THIS INSECT LOOKS READY FOR THE KILL, WITH ITS FRONT LEGS POISED TO STRIKE AND THE SMOOTH TAKEOFF.

OF COURSE, WE CAN'’T FORGET THE MOST OBVIOUS FLYING INSECT, THE FLY.

THEY'’RE SPECIALISTS AT TAKEOFF, MAKING IT LOOK EASY HERE.

BUT NOT ALL FLIES ARE THIS SKILLED.

SOME, LIKE THIS MARCH FLY, STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT TO GET INTO THE AIR, BUT YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE FLIES BY THESE CLUB-LIKE HIND WINGS THAT ARE WOBBLING ABOUT.

THEY HELP THE FLY BALANCE IN THE AIR, SINCE THEY FLY AT FAST SPEEDS.

BACK TO THE FLY YOU MIGHT SEE IN YOUR HOME.

YOU CAN SEE HOW DIFFERENT THEIR BODIES ARE SHAPED AND THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW FAST THEY MOVE THEIR WINGS.

I HAD A GREAT TIME SHARING THESE UNIQUE INSECTS WITH YOU.

I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME EXPLORING THE WORLD OF INSECTS WITH ME.

I JUST READ THAT KANGAROOS CAN'’T WALK BACKWARDS.

CAN YOU?

DON'’T TRY IT NOW, THOUGH, OR YOU MIGHT MISS THIS AWESOME LITERACY LESSON.

♪ ♪ HI, EVERYONE.

IT'’S MS. SHAKEMIA HERE, AND I AM SO READY TO DO MORE LEARNING WITH YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A FABLE CALLED "THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

IN THIS FABLE, OR SHORT STORY THAT CONVEYS A MORAL, A LION AND A MOUSE BECOME 2 VERY UNLIKELY FRIENDS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT A LION AND A MOUSE WOULD BE UNLIKELY FRIENDS?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

A LION AND A MOUSE PROBABLY WOULDN'’T BE FRIENDS, BECAUSE ONE IS A PREDATOR, AND ONE IS A PREY.

THAT MEANS THAT ONE USUALLY HURTS THE OTHER.

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ANIMAL HUNTS THE OTHER?

AWESOME.

YES.

A LION IS A PREDATOR, AND A MOUSE IS A PREY.

AFTER READING ANY STORY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOUNT THE EVENTS IN ORDER, BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO THINK THROUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COMPREHENSION, OR UNDERSTANDING, OF THE TEXT.

WHEN WE RECOUNT STORIES, THERE ARE 3 COMPONENTS THAT WE MUST INCLUDE.

FIRST, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND SETTING.

DON'’T FORGET THAT THE SETTING IS WHEN AND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

SECOND, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE STORY.

THIRD, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

WHAT IS A MORAL OF A STORY?

EXCELLENT.

YOU REMEMBERED THAT THE MORAL OF A STORY IS THE LESSON LEARNED BY THE CHARACTERS.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO USE KEY DETAILS FROM THE STORY TO HELP US DETERMINE THE MORAL.

WE WILL BE READING "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" AND PRACTICING OUR RECOUNTING SKILLS.

I AM GOING TO READ THIS STORY TO YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME ON THE SCREEN.

OUR READING FOCUS IS TO BE ABLE TO RECOUNT THE STORY'’S EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OR IN THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THEY OCCUR.

LET'’S READ.

OKAY, NOW THAT WE'’VE READ THE STORY, WE ARE GOING TO RECOUNT THE EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

WE WILL BE USING THIS RECOUNTING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO HELP ORGANIZE OUR THOUGHTS.

I COULD USE YOUR HELP FILLING IN OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

ARE YOU UP FOR IT?

GREAT.

WHAT'’S THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I HAVE TO IDENTIFY BEFORE I CAN BEGIN TO RECOUNT THIS FABLE?

OH, THAT'’S RIGHT.

I HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND SETTING.

FROM THE TITLE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE 2 MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE STORY.

WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES AGAIN?

THAT'’S RIGHT, LION AND MOUSE.

WE'’LL ADD THESE TO OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

NEXT UP IS THE SETTING.

REMEMBER, THE SETTING IS BOTH WHERE AND WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

LET'’S START WITH WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

HMM.

I NOTICED THAT, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, IT SAYS, "ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY, LION LAY ASLEEP UNDER A TREE WITH HIS MIGHTY HEAD RESTING ON HIS PAWS."

SO, "ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY" IS WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

SO, LET'’S WRITE THAT IN OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, BY "WHEN."

NOW, WE NEED TO FIND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

REMEMBER THAT "WHERE" REFERS TO THE LOCATION OF THE STORY.

I'’M GOING TO SHARE WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE, AND I WANT YOU TO SCAN THE TEXT TO FIND THE KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT IT.

THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE FOREST.

CAN YOU SCAN THE TEXT AND FIND KEY DETAILS THAT SUPPORTS MY THINKING?

ONCE YOU FIND SOMETHING, SHOW ME A THUMBS-UP.

ARE YOU READY?

SCAN.

ALL RIGHT, TIME'’S UP.

AND I SEE THAT LOTS OF YOU FOUND SOME KEY DETAILS.

AS WE WERE SCANNING, I NOTICED THAT THE SECOND SENTENCE SAYS, "MOUSE WAS ROAMING THROUGH A FOREST."

THAT TELLS ME WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

DID YOU NOTICE THE SAME?

YOU DID?

AWESOME.

NEXT UP ON OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ARE THE EVENTS IN THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE STORY.

I'’M GOING TO SHARE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND WE'’RE GOING TO USE THOSE EVENTS TO DETERMINE THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, LION CAPTURES MOUSE AFTER SHE WAKES HIM, BUT THEN LETS HER GO AFTER SHE PROMISES TO HELP HIM ONE DAY.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

THIS EVENT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'’S HOW LION AND MOUSE MEET.

NOW, LET'’S DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY.

ACCORDING TO OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT WAS THAT THE LION GOT CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'’S THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY?

RIGHT AGAIN.

THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE PROBLEM.

WE'’RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM WITHIN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY.

FINALLY, WE HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE END OF THE STORY.

ACCORDING TO THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, MOUSE GNAWED THE ROPE UNTIL IT UNRAVELED, WHICH FREED LION.

NOW, WHY WOULD THAT BE SO IMPORTANT?

EXCELLENT.

IT'’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE SOLUTION, OR HOW THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.

AWESOME WORK.

WE'’RE GOING TO USE THOSE 3 EVENTS TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

IN ORDER TO FIND THE MORAL OF THE STORY, WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND ASK OURSELVES, "WHAT DID THAT TEACH US?"

AFTER WE FIGURE OUT THE LESSON, WE HAVE TO FIND KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT OUR THINKING.

WATCH ME AS I TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MORAL.

IN THE TEXT, THE LION LAUGHED AT MOUSE WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD HELP HIM ONE DAY.

BUT WHEN HE NEEDED HELP, SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD DO THE JOB.

I'’M THINKING ABOUT HOW LION TREATED MOUSE AND HOW MOUSE WAS ABLE TO SAVE LION DESPITE BEING MUCH SMALLER.

SO, THE LESSON THAT I LEARNED IS THAT YOU CAN BE HELPFUL NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOU ARE.

YOU KNOW, THE COOL THING ABOUT FINDING A MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE.

EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCE THE LESSONS WE LEARN FROM A TEXT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS TO ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR THINKING WITH KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT.

NOW, IT'’S YOUR TURN.

YOU ARE GOING TO USE OUR KEY DETAILS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE MORALS, OR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE STORY.

I WANT YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND LET THAT LEAD YOU TO A LESSON THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.

REMEMBER TO USE YOUR KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT YOUR THINKING.

ARE YOU READY?

GO.

♪ ♪ OKAY, WHAT OTHER MORALS DID YOU IDENTIFY?

THERE ARE LOTS OF POSSIBILITIES BASED ON THE KEY DETAILS FROM "THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

YOU MAY HAVE SAID, "IT'’S IMPORTANT TO BE KIND."

ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE LION'’S ACT OF KINDNESS, HIM NOT EATING THE MOUSE, LED TO MOUSE'’S ACT OF KINDNESS, WHERE SHE HELPED LION ESCAPE FROM THE TRAP.

YOU MAY HAVE ALSO SAID, "TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED."

IN THIS STORY, THE LION RELEASED THE MOUSE, AND THEN, LATER, THE TABLES WERE TURNED, AND THE MOUSE RELEASED THE LION FROM THE TRAP.

REMEMBER THAT THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT MORALS TO A STORY.

YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR THINKING IS SUPPORTED BY KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT.

LOOKS LIKE WE'’VE ACCOMPLISHED ANOTHER GOAL.

WE WERE ABLE TO...

SO, OF COURSE, IT'’S TIME TO CELEBRATE.

ON 3, KISS YOUR BRAIN.

TODAY, WE READ A FABLE CALLED "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" TOGETHER.

WE PRACTICED OUR RECOUNTING SKILLS AND USED THEM TO DETERMINE THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

WE EVEN DISCOVERED THAT THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE MORAL TO A STORY, AS LONG AS WE HAVE KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT OUR THINKING.

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN RECOUNT ANY STORY THAT YOU READ.

YOU CAN ALSO RECOUNT WITH OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR ANY STORY AS WELL.

SO, I WANT YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU'’VE LEARNED TODAY AND GO RECOUNT THE EVENTS OF "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" TO SOMEONE AT HOME.

I HAD SO MUCH FUN LEARNING WITH YOU TODAY AND CANNOT WAIT FOR OUR NEXT LESSON.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, FRIENDS.

♪ ♪ MY NAME'’S TAHIR TROUBLEFIELD, FROM DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

I'’VE BEEN SKATEBOARDING FOR 8 YEARS.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SKATING IS THE FACT THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH JUST BE YOURSELF.

IT'’S LIKE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND CREATION.

YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, MAN.

YOU JUST KIND OF COME OUT THERE AND DO YOUR THING.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, IT'’S GREAT.

THE SKATE SCENE OUT HERE IS REAL DOPE.

I REALLY LOVE THE SKATE SCENE IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

IT'’S LIKE, WE'’RE ALL REALLY CONNECTED '’CAUSE IT'’S NOT THAT LARGE, LIKE RALEIGH, LIKE THE CAPITAL.

BUT... YOU KNOW, MAN, WE REALLY HOLD IT DOWN FOR EACH OTHER, FOR ONE ANOTHER, WE GOT EACH OTHER'’S BACKS OUT HERE.

EVEN AFTER I'’M 60, IF I CAN STILL WALK, RUN, SKATE, I'’LL STILL BE SKATING.

WHEW!

I CAN'’T BELIEVE HOW FAST THAT LESSON FLEW BY.

I FEEL STRONGER AND SMARTER ALREADY.

CAN YOU FLEX FOR ME?

[laughs] YEAH!

AWESOME.

OUR BRAINS ARE FLEXING, TOO.

GOTTA KEEP THAT MIND FRESH.

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