Fantasy

by Nora Carson
illustrated by Betsy Day

PAIRED
Sorting Balls
READ
 STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension Phonics
Strategy: Make and r-controlled vowel ar
Confirm Predictions
Skill: Point of View Content Standards
Science
Vocabulary Physical Science
four, large, none, only, put,
round, trouble, whole

ELL Vocabulary
proud, contest Word count: 191**

**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only. Numerals and words
in captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.

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 Genre Fantasy

Essential Question
How can we classify and
categorize things?

by Nora Carson
illustrated by Betsy Day

PAIRED
Sorting Balls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
READ
 Max

bones

This is Max.
He likes bones.
Max is proud of all his bones.

2
One day at the park, Max sees
a poster. The poster is about a
contest. Max thinks he can win.

CONTEST!
BIGGEST
BONE
poster

3
 MA X

s
sniff

Max needs to find his bones.

Where did he put them?
Max sniffs and sniffs.

STOP AND CHECK

Why does Max want

to find his bones?
4
Max starts digging. He finds
a round ball, but he does not
find the bones.
Starts is a present-tense verb.
Find another present-tense
verb on page 4.

MA X

ball

5
Max digs again. Soon he finds
a whole bunch of bones!
Which bone is the biggest?

group. En español: grupo.

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 Max says, “I will put the
small bones in a pile.”

MA X

pile
pile

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 fourr b
bones

Max digs deeper. He finds four

large bones.

Max says, “I will put these in a

new pile.”

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Max digs and finds only one
more bone.

Max says, “This is the biggest

bone! Now I can go to the
contest.”

MA X

STOP AND CHECK

What does Max do

with his bones? Why?
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 Bo
Bob

Max sees Bob.

Bob says, “I had trouble finding

bones, so I have none.”

Max says, “We can both use my

bone for the contest.”

So can be used to combine

sentences. Find another word
that combines sentences on
page 5.

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Max and Bob do not win the
prize. But Max is happy because
he helped his pal!

prize
e

P L RS T
E
AC
FI
BONE
CONTEST
CO C E
ND
S LA
P

B
BO
E

D
AN
X
MA

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 Retell
Use your own Character Clue
Point of
View

words to retell
Dog Bones. The
chart can help you.

Text Evidence
1. Look at page 2. How does
Max feel about all the bones
he has saved? Point of View
2. Look at page 10. Does Bob
feel happy or sad? Point of View
3. Is this story real or make-
believe? How can you tell? Genre

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 Genre Nonfiction

Compare Texts
How do we sort things?
Jorg Greuel/Photodisc/Getty Images

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These balls are small.
We can sort balls by size.

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Richard Hutchings/Digital Light, photographer
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Make Connections
These balls are larger.

This ball is the largest.

Look at both selections. What did

you learn about sorting? Text to Text
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 Fantasy A fantasy is a story
that is made-up. The characters,
settings, and actions are not real.
A fantasy could not happen in
real life.

What to Look for In Dog

Bones, the dogs talk, read, and
enter a contest. Real animals
don’t do any of these things.

Your Turn
With a partner, write a fantasy
about an animal. What kind
of animal is it? What happens
that cannot happen in real life?

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 Literature Circles

Fiction

Setting
Where does Dog Bones take
place?

Characters
Who is the main character?
How does he feel about the
contest?

Conclusion
What did you learn about
sorting?