At Home Around the World

At Home Around the World By Lucy Floyd

Author: Lucy Floyd • Lucy Floyd grew up in South Carolina. Her father was a school principal, and her mother was a first grade teacher. As a child, she went to her grandparent's small farm. She liked to listen to her grandmother tell stories. • Lucy Floyd has always liked to write. She writes in a journal every day. • Lucy Floyd lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband. She likes to cook, read, and travel.

Genre - “At Home Around the World” • Look for: • Information from the words. • Information from the pictures. Nonfiction In nonfiction, the pictures and the words work together to give information.

Pop Quiz • What does the author do? • He or she writes the stories. • What does the illustrator do? • He or she draws the pictures. Click on speaker!

Glossary Time • Put your reading book on your desk. • Open your book to the glossary.(The glossary is on page 256 in the back of our reading book.) • When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

Above Click A Glossary Word above above - in a higher place; farther up The ducks flew above the house. 2

hold - to grasp hold hold A Glossary Word • The cook will hold the fish for us to see. 1

Warm warm warm - not too hot A Glossary Word Her new coat is nice and warm. 3

different Different different - not the same A Glossary Word Can you find the one that is different? 4

old Old click • old- opposite of new A Glossary Word This is an old train. 5

water Water water - something to swim in; liquid A Glossary Word There is a monster in the water. 5

Years years • years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months long A Glossary Word Angela is now seven yearsold.

Vocabulary Review • Say the words. • Read the sentence. • Fill in the blank.

They will ______ hands as they fall. • warm • hold • above • old • water • years • different

different hold warm above water years old The bridge is high ______ the lake.

water warm years hold old different above Hammerhead sharks swim in deep __________.

hold water warm years above old different These are ______ skates.

hold above different warm old years water Five ball are the same, and one ball is _________.

old hold above different water years warm Sitting around the ______ campfire is fun.

old • hold • above • different • water • year • warm • On a Chinese animal calendar, it is the ________ of the tiger.

Review the Vocabulary Words • above - in a higher place; farther up • hold - to grasp • warm - not too hot • different - not the same • old - opposite of new • water - something to swim in; liquid • years - periods of time, 365 days or 12 months long

old ____ water ____ hold ____ years ____ different ____ warm ____ above____ Match the words to its meaning. • in a higher place; farther up • to grasp • not too hot • not the same • opposite of new • something to swim in; liquid • periods of time, 365 days or 12 months long E F B G D C A

Say the Sight Words • above • hold • warm • why • old • water • your • different • about • better • shelter • years

New words in the story: “At Home Around the World” • people • shelter • safety • skinny • standing • Stilts • desert • breeze • frosty • apartment • branches • hunting • animal • floating • tepee • family • bricks • north • cloth • junk • rained

Enjoy your story. The End Anne Miller

Web Links You should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking. • Language Skills • At Home Around the World - Classify/Categorize • Test Tutor • Using I and Me • Using He, She, It, and They • Contractions-'s -Contraction Practice -n't -Contraction Practice -'ll - Contraction Practice • Long Vowel Skills • Words With "Y" (1) • Words With "Y" (2) • Make A Word Then Add Silent E/ • Long A/ Search • Long Vowels 1 • Long Vowels 2

Map Skills on the Web • World Map Match • Get Lost CompassGame • Geospy (fast paced map game) • Grandpa's Globe • Maps of the World Interactive Games • Online Interactive Maps

At Home Around the World