LESSON 1 TEACHER’S GUIDE
Ben and Sooty by Pauline Cartwright
Fountas-Pinnell Level H Realistic Fiction Selection Summary Ben chooses a kitten at the pet store. He names her Sooty and puts a basket next to his bed for her to sleep in. One morning Sooty isn’t in her basket, so Mom, Dad, and Ben look for her. Finally Mom finds her in the laundry basket, sleeping on some sweaters. Ben puts an old sweater in Sooty’s own basket, and she sleeps there all night.
Number of Words: 152
Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure
Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity
Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features
• Realistic fiction • Narrative with clear beginning, middle, and end • Third person narrator • Minimal dialogue • Organized chronologically • Getting a pet and caring for it • Caring for a pet is an important responsibility. • Pets have individual needs, preferences, and personalities. • Third-person narrator tells most of the story. • Minimal conversational language with very short sentences (statements, questions, exclamations) • Mostly simple sentences, some with prepositional phrases: Sooty was sleeping on top of some sweaters. • One compound sentence: Ben called Sooty, but she didn’t come. • Words describing pets, a few of which might not be familiar. Examples: fur, floppy, straight • Mostly one-syllable words; some familiar two-syllable words • A limited number of more challenging two-syllable words such as basket, sweater • Cheerful, realistic illustrations of a family • Illustrations support the text • Twelve pages of text, illustrations on every page • One to five lines of text per page
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Ben and Sooty
by Pauline Cartwright
Build Background Draw on children’s love of animals by asking questions such as: What kind of pet would you like to have? How would you care for your pet? Tell some things you would do. Read the title and author and talk about the cover illustration. Tell children that this story is realistic fiction, so the characters will act like real people.
Introduce the Text Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions: Page 3: Explain that this is a story about a boy named Ben. Ben would like to have a kitten of his very own. Suggested language: Turn to page 3 of this book. Here is a picture of Ben and his father. There are some other children in the picture, too. Where do you think they are? The first sentence reads: The children stood in a row at the pet store. If the children sat, they couldn’t see the kittens, could they? Page 5: Ben is pointing to a kitten with straight, black fur. What does straight fur look like? What is the opposite of straight? Page 7: Look at the illustration on page 7. What is happening in this picture? Where is Ben? Why did Ben put a basket right next to his bed? Page 9: Let’s look at Ben and his mom in this illustration. What are they doing? What do you think has happened? How do you think Ben feels? How can you tell? Page 14: Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to find out what happens to Ben and his new kitten, Sooty.
Target Vocabulary collars – leather, metal, or plastic bands that are put around the necks of animals
drooled – watered at the mouth
curly – something with curves or twists
row – a number of people or things arranged in a line, p. 3
Grade 2
floppy – hanging down loosely, p. 13
2
stood – supported oneself on the feet in an erect position, p. 3 straight – something with no curves, turns, or bends, p. 5 weighed – something being placed on a scale
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Read
As children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability. Remind children to use the Infer/Predict Strategy figure out more about story parts.
and use clues to
Discuss and Revisit the Text Personal Response
Invite students to share their personal responses to the story. Suggested language: How do you think Ben felt when Sooty was missing? How would you feel?
Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, help children understand these points: Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• Ben is happy to be able to choose a kitten of his own.
• Taking care of a pet is challenging.
• The story is very true to life.
• He takes good care of Sooty.
• You should get to know what your pet likes so you can take better care of it.
• He is worried when Sooty is not in her basket, and gets help looking for her. • Sooty likes to lie on soft sweaters, so Ben puts one in her basket.
• Finding Sooty in the laundry basket is a good surprise. • The ending is a good one because Ben gets what he wants (to have Sooty sleep by his bed), and Sooty gets what she wants (a sweater to sleep on).
© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.
Choices for Further Support • Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Remind them to pay attention to the punctuation such as question marks and exclamation marks and to say the conversations with feeling. • Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas. • Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind children that they can change words by adding or taking away the endings -ed and -ing. For example, Ben picked a kitten. He called his kitten Sooty. Have children find verbs in the book to practice adding, changing, and taking away the -ed and -ing endings.
Grade 2
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Writing about Reading Critical Thinking Have children complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 1.7.
Responding Have children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.
Target Comprehension Skill Sequence of Events Remind children that paying attention to the order in which things happen will help them understand the story. Model the skill, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below: Think Aloud
When I look at the chart on page 15, I see that the first thing that happens at the beginning of the story is that Ben gets a kitten. That’s right. Then, if I think about what happened next, that’s when Ben couldn’t find Sooty. So that’s what I would write after Next. So, let’s see, what happens last? Of course! Ben finds his kitten. These things happen in order.
Practice the Skill Ask children to think of a book the class has read recently. Have them write three sentences telling what happens first, next, and last.
Writing Prompt: Thinking About the Text Have children write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think about the text, they reflect back on the story. They notice what the author did, and why it is special or unusual.
Assessment Prompts • How does Ben feel when Sooty is missing? • Look at this sentence again: Ben rubbed Sooty’s floppy ears. What does the word floppy mean in this sentence?
Grade 2
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English Language Development Reading Support Help children prepare and rehearse something they can share about the text. Have them recreate the scene in which Sooty is lost. Vocabulary Explain that Ben named his kitten Sooty because her fur is black. Ask children to picture smoke from a burning fire. The smoke is dark because it is full of soot. Soot is made when you burn wood or other things.
Oral Language Development Check children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child. Beginning/Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: Who is Sooty?
Speaker 1: How does Ben take care of Sooty?
Speaker 1: How does Ben feel about Sooty? How can you tell?
Speaker 2: He feeds her and plays with her. He gets her a basket for a bed.
Speaker 2: He loves Sooty. He takes good care of her. He looks for her when she is missing. He gives her a sweater.
Speaker 2: a kitten Speaker 1: Who brings Sooty home? Speaker 2: Ben Speaker 1: Where does Sooty sleep? Speaker 2: in a basket
Speaker 1: Where does Mom find Sooty? Speaker 2: She finds her in a basket of clothes.
Lesson 1
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BLACKLINE MASTER 1.7
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Think About It
Ben and Sooty Think About It
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Making Connections The stories Ben and Sooty and Henry and Mudge are both about pets. What pet would you like to get? Why? Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook. Read directions to children. Think About It
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Ben and Sooty Thinking Beyond the Text Think about the questions below, Then write your answer in one paragraph: Does Ben seem like a real boy? Does Sooty act like a real kitten? Discuss the story, Ben and Sooty, and tell if the author made it sound as if it could be true. Give reasons for your opinion.
Grade 2
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Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 1.7
Think About It
Ben and Sooty Think About It
Read and answer the questions.
1. What does Ben do before he chooses Sooty?
2. What happens after Dad helps Ben look for Sooty?
3. In the story, Sooty sleeps in her basket every night. Where do you think Sooty will probably sleep in the future?
Making Connections The stories Ben and Sooty and Henry and Mudge are both about pets. What pet would you like to get? Why? Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook. Grade 2
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Lesson 1
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Ben and Sooty • LEVEL H page
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Ben and Sooty Running Record Form
Selection Text
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Self-Correction Rate
Ben wanted a kitten. Which kitten would Ben like most? Ben picked a kitten with straight,
5
black fur. He called his kitten Sooty. 6
Ben gave Sooty food. He played games with her.
7
Sooty slept in her basket at night. She slept near Ben.
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Ben woke up one morning. Sooty wasn’t there! Ben called Sooty, but she didn’t come. Comments:
(# words read correctly/58 × 100)
(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections)
% 1:
Read word correctly
Code ✓
cat
Repeated word, sentence, or phrase
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Omission
— cat
cat
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Behavior
Error 0 0 1
8
Substitution
Code cut cat
1
Self-corrects
cut sc cat
0
Insertion
the
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Word told
T cat
cat
Error
1413364
Behavior
1
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