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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Mystery

Text Structure • Setting and characters presented on fi rst two pages.• Plot proceeds in sequence to the end.

Content • Barnyard animals• Missing objects (web, hay, yarn)• Solving a mystery

Themes and Ideas • Clues can help solve a mystery.Language and

Literary Features• Talking animals• Realistic dialogue

Sentence Complexity • Variety of simple and complex sentences• Compound sentences using and: The three friends grew tired and fell asleep.• Series of nouns, divided by commas: She was sitting on a nest made out of the yarn, hay,

and web.Vocabulary • Key vocabulary word: bandit

• Character names: Spinner the spider, Hank the horse, Fuzz the catWords • One- and two-syllable words

• Words with comparative endings: sweetest, closer Illustrations • Illustrations reveal clues used to solve mystery.

Book and Print Features • Illustration above text on each of nine pages• Sentences carrying over two to three lines• Use of capital letters for emphasis: …NOW look at it!

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The Barnyard Banditby LaToya Simms

Fountas-Pinnell Level KMysterySelection SummaryA bandit is taking Spinner’s, Hank’s, and Fuzz’s special things. The three animals use clues to track down the barnyard bandit.

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Build BackgroundRead the title. Have children look at the cover illustration and identify the barnyard animals. To build interest, ask: What is a bandit? Who might be stealing things in a barnyard? Tell children that this story is a mystery, or a story about a character who solves a puzzle.

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

–3: Explain that this story is about three barnyard animals. They want to fi nd the animal who is stealing their special things. Suggested language: Turn to pages 2 and 3 and look at the picture. These characters are Spinner the spider, Hank the horse, and Fuzz the cat. The book says: “A bandit has been here!” Spinner cried. A bandit is someone who steals things. Why do you think Spinner says that? What clue do you get from the picture?

Page 4: Ask children to point to the highlighted word weave. Explain that Spinner the spider has to weave her web, which means she spins together threads. Why do you think it’s hard work for a spider to weave a web?

Page 5: Remind children that they can use information in the pictures to help them read. Turn to page 5 and look at the picture. Hank the horse likes to collect bits of hay each day. What has happened to the hay that Hank collected in the bucket?

Page 6: Turn to page 6 and look at the picture. Each animal is missing something special. What do you think the animals will do next? How will they solve their problem?

Now go back to the beginning and read to fi nd out how Spinner, Hank, and Fuzz fi nd the barnyard bandit.

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ReadHave children read The Barnyard Bandit silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseAsk children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting. Suggested language: Why do you think Spinner, Hank, and Fuzz are glad to let the bird have their special things?

Ways of Thinking

As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

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

• Spinner is missing her web, Hank is missing his hay, and Fuzz is missing his red yarn.

• The animals set a trap to catch the bandit, but they fall asleep and the bandit steals again.

• Spinner fi nds clues that lead the animals to the bandit.

• The bandit is a bird who has built a nest with the animals’ special things.

• Clues can help solve a mystery.

• It’s good to share things when someone needs them more than you do.

• The animals act like people, talking and wearing hats and eyeglasses.

• The animals’ feelings change over the course of the story—from feeling upset about their missing things to feeling glad that the bird has used their things to make a nest for her eggs.

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Choices for SupportFluencyHave children choose a favorite character and read aloud a page that includes that character. Remind them to think about how the character feels and to read the dialogue with the proper expression.

Phonics and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Sort Words Materials: index cards with the words bird, her, horse, forgot, snort, for, more, hurt, barn, yard, hard, yarn. Have children shuffl e the index cards. Ask them to read the words and sort them by vowel + r spelling.

• Word Wall Materials: index cards. Have children choose fi ve words from the word wall and read them. Then have children write the words on the index cards. Have partners build sentences using some of their words, and adding other words.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 29.9 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillCause and Effect

Target Comprehension Skill Tell children that one thing in a story often makes

another thing happen. The cause tells why something happened. The effect tells what happened. Model how to identify cause and effect.

Think Aloud

What happens in this story? The bird takes the web, hay, and yarn. That is the effect. Why does the bird take the web, hay, and yarn? She takes the things to make a nest. That is the cause. That explains why the bird takes the web, hay, and yarn.

Practice the SkillHave children think of a book they have read that has a cause and an effect. Ask them to write a sentence telling about what happens and why it happens.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Imagine you are a reporter. Write a news report about the barnyard mystery and how it was solved. Use details from the story in your news report.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite an answer to the question. Responses may vary.

1. Why does the bird need the friends’ special things?

She uses the things to build a nest for

her eggs.

Making Connections Think about something you

gave away because someone needed it. Write some

sentences about what you did.

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English Language LearnersFront-Load Vocabulary Help children understand that sometimes words don’t literally mean what they say. Explain the meanings of these expressions as they are used in the story: Spinner looked hurt (page 4) and The bandit had struck again! (page 8).

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the 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 kind of animal is Spinner?

Speaker 2: a spider

Speaker 1: Where do the animals live?

Speaker 2: the barnyard

Speaker 1: Point to the bandit.

Speaker 2: [Points to the bird.]

Speaker 1: What is Fuzz’s special thing?

Speaker 2: Fuzz’s special thing is red yarn.

Speaker 1: Who is the barnyard bandit?

Speaker 2: The bird is the barnyard bandit.

Speaker 1: What clues does Spinner fi nd when they are looking for the bandit?

Speaker 2: Spinner fi nds feathers.

Speaker 1: Why does the bird take the web, hay, and yarn?

Speaker 2: She takes the things to make a nest for her eggs.



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The Barnyard Bandit Imagine you are a reporter. Write a news report about the barnyard mystery and how it was solved. Use details from the story in your news report.



Think About ItWrite an answer to the question.

1. Why does the bird need the friends’ special things?

Making Connections Think about something you

gave away because someone needed it. Write some

sentences about what you did.

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The Barnyard Bandit • LEVEL K


Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

cat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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Just then, Fuzz let out a

loud “Meow!” He held up a tiny

ball of red yarn. “I had a big

ball of yarn and NOW look at it!

Someone has been stealing it.”

Fuzz looked at Hank and

Spinner. “Don’t just stand there.

Go catch that yarn bandit!”

“I have an idea,” said

Spinner. “I’ll make a new web.

When the bandit tries to take it,

we’ll catch him.”

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/70 × 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

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

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