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Friendship Rules!by Michael Falcon

Fountas-Pinnell Level INonfictionSelection SummaryThe best way to make a friend is to be a friend. Friends play and have fun together. They also work together. They help each other when they have a problem or are hurt. They also welcome new children in the neighborhood as friends.

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Nonfi ction

Text Structure • Focused on a single topic• Many examples describe different ways to be a friend.

Content • Friendship among children• Ways to make and be a friend• What friends share

Themes and Ideas • The best way to make a friend is to be a friend.• Friends share many things together.• Adults can help children learn how to be good friends.

Language and Literary Features

• Conversational language • Writer talks directly to the reader.

Sentence Complexity • Many sentences with compound predicates• Four complex sentences• One sentence with introductory clause: If your friend falls down heavily, you can …

Vocabulary • Friendship terms: welcome, hello, share, invite, together, friendship, helpingWords • Compound words: friendship, sometimes, neighborhood, everyone

• A few words with three or four syllables: together, heavily, everyone, seriously• Words with infl ectional endings: answered, guessed, heavily, lonely, planning, seriously

Illustrations • Photographs closely linked to text on all pagesBook and Print Features • Nine pages of text

• Each new sentence begins on a new line.© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

answered – replied to a question, p. 3

copy – do or make something exactly like another thing, p. 9

guessed – formed an idea without knowing all the facts, p. 3

heavily – as if it weighs a lot, p. 9knot – something made by

passing one end of a string or rope through a loop and pulling it tight, p. 6

lonely – sad to be alone, p. 5

planning – deciding what you want to do before you actually do it, p. 7

seriously – sincerely and not in a joking way, p. 8

Friendship Rules! by Michael Falcon

Build BackgroundHelp children talk about friendship. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: What do you like to do with your friends? How do you make a new friend? Read the title and author’s name and talk about the cover photograph. Tell children that in this book, the words and photos will give information about being friends.

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas and nonfi ction features. Help with unfamiliar language so they can read the text successfully. Give special attention to target vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

Pages 2–3: Explain that this is a book about friendship. Suggested language: Turn to pages 2 and 3 of this book. Who do you see in the photos? What are these friends doing? Point out the highlighted words guess and answers. The book says that friends might guess the answers to each other’s jokes. Do you think the girls on page 3 have guessed the answers to each other’s jokes? How can you tell?

Page 5: Have children look at the photo on this page. What do you think these people are doing? Read the fi rst sentence: Sometimes people are lonely when they move to a new town. How can friends help when you feel lonely?

Page 7: Have children look at this photo and fi nd the highlighted word planning. What kind of planning do you do before you play a game or sport?

Page 8: Have children look at the photo and point to the highlighted word seriously. Why would talking seriously to someone be a way to be a good friend?

Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read to fi nd out many different ways to make a friend and be a friend.

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ReadAs the children read Friendship Rules! observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem-solving ability.

Remind children to use the Question Strategy and to think of questions as they read.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the book.Suggested language: What do you think is important about being a friend?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help children understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Friends play and work together.

• Friends help each other when they have a problem or are hurt.

• You can make new friends by welcoming new children in the neighborhood.

• The best way to make a friend is to be a friend.

• Friendship can help in diffi cult situations, like being in a new place.

• Adults can help children learn how to be good friends.

• The photos show friends doing many different kinds of things together.

• The author includes lots of details about making and being a friend.

© 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 page from the text and show fl uent reading.

Remind them to group words into phrases to show meaning.

• 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. Have children change words to add simple infl ectional endings (heavily, lonely, planning, seriously). Remind them that when adding –ing to a word with a CCVC pattern, they double the fi nal consonant. Point out that for words ending in y, they should change y to i when adding the ending -ly.



Writing about ReadingVocabulary PracticeHave children complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 22.1.

RespondingHave children complete the vocabulary activities on page 11. Remind them to answer the Word Teaser on p. 12. (Answer: lonely)

Reading Nonfi ctionNonfiction Features: Photographs Remind children that nonfi ction has many features to help readers fi nd and understand important information. Photographs are one of these features.

Explain that photographs often add information that is not in the text. Have children look at the photo on page 6. Ask them what they can fi nd out from this photo (that one kind of group for meeting new friends is the Boy Scouts).

Have children choose two or three other photographs in the book and tell how they added information to what they had read. Ask them to write their own informative captions for the photographs.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave children write a response to the prompt on page 6.

Assessment Prompts• Which words on page 8 help the reader know the meaning of seriously?

• What does the word copy mean in the last sentence on page 9?



Read directions to children.

Target VocabularyFill in each blank with the Target Vocabulary word that best completes each sentence.

1. He the telephone.

2. We had to work hard to get the

out of the rope.

3. My father answered our question very

4. We were to have our

new neighbors over for dinner.

5. I tried to Maria’s

dance steps.

6. I didn’t know the answer to the question, so I

.

7. After we raced, we were breathing

8. I was until I made some

friends in my new neighborhood.

Vocabulary

Name Date

Grade 2, Unit 5: Changes, Changes Everywhere

Lesson 22B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R 2 2 . 1

Target Vocabulary

Friendship Rules!Target Vocabulary

English Language DevelopmentReading Support Check regularly on children’s oral reading to determine accuracy, fl uency, and comprehension.

Cognates Point out these cognates between English and Spanish: planning/planeando, seriously/seriamente.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What can friends do together to have fun?

Speaker 2: play games

Speaker 1: Where can you meet new friends?

Speaker 2: in a club

Speaker 1: Where can friends learn together?

Speaker 2: in school

Speaker 1: When can you help friends?

Speaker 2: You can help friends when they have problems or when they are hurt.

Speaker 1: How can you help a friend with a problem?

Speaker 2: You can help by listening to your friend and sharing your feelings.

Speaker 1: How can you make a new child in the neighborhood feel welcome?

Speaker 2: You can say hello, tell them your name, and invite them to play.



Name Date

Friendship Rules!Thinking Beyond the Text

Think about the questions below. Then write your answer in one paragraph.

The author believes that the best way to make a friend is to be a friend. What does that mean? Do you agree? What are the best ideas in this book about being a good friend?



Target VocabularyFill in each blank with the Target Vocabulary word thatbest completes each sentence.

1. He the telephone.

2. We had to work hard to get the

out of the rope.

3. My father answered our question very

.

4. We were to have our

new neighbors over for dinner.

5. I tried to Maria’s

dance steps.

6. I didn’t know the answer to the question, so I

.

7. After we raced, we were breathing

.

8. I was until I made some

friends in my new neighborhood.

answered

copy

guessed

heavily

knot

lonely

planning

seriously

Vocabulary

Name Date Lesson 22

B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R 2 2 . 1

Friendship Rules!Target Vocabulary



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Student Date Lesson 22

B L a c k L i n e m a s t e r 2 2 . 2 3

Friendship Rules!Running Record Form

Friendship Rules! • level i

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Everyone likes to have friends. There are many ways to be a

good friend! The best way to make a friend is to be a friend.

Friends have fun together. They might smile and laugh

together. And they might guess the answers to each

other’s jokes.

Friends play games together and have fun. Friends also work

and learn together at school. They also clean up together when

work and play are finished.

Sometimes people are lonely when they move to a new town.

You can welcome a new friend to the neighborhood by saying

hello.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/95 × 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Correction)

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