Fantasy

A Trip to
the City
by Erin Matthews
illustrated by Dave Kirwan

PAIRED
Where I Live
READ
 STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension Content Standards
Strategy: Visualize Social Studies
Skill: Key Details Geography

High-Frequency Words
down, out, up, very

Phonics
Short i

Word count: 83**

**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
What is it like where you live?

A Trip to
the City
by Erin Matthews
illustrated by Dave Kirwan

PAIRED
Where I Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
READ
 door Bear

Pig

We go out.
We go to the city.

2
 store

bus
street

We go on a bus.

3
 sign

HATS

store

Look up!
We see a hat store.
4
hat

coat

This is a pink hat.

5
 mirror

It is a nice hat.

6
 books

steps

Look down!
We see a book store.
7
 big

little

This is a big book.

8
 glasses

It is a nice book.

9
 FOOD chair

table

Look!
We can eat.
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 FOOD
cup

plate glass

We like the city.

What a very fun day!
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 Retell
Use your Detail Detail Detail

own words
to retell
details in A Trip to the City.

Text Evidence
1. Look at page 4. What details
tell you which store Bear and
Pig see? Key Details
2. Look at page 9. What happens
at the book store? Key Details
3. How do you know that A Trip
to the City is a fantasy? Genre

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 Genre  Nonfiction

Compare Texts
Read about where these
Patrick Batchelder/Alamy Stock Photo

children live.

Where
I Live
house

car

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 school

(t) Andersen Ross/Blend Images/Getty Images, (b) i love images/SuperStock

I go to school here.
Where do you go?
grass play area

I play here.
Where do you play?
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 farm
Paul Bradbury/Glow Images, (bkgd) Sveta Demidoff/Photographer’s Choice RF/Getty Images

I live here.
Where do you live?

Make Connections
Think about the two stories. How
are the places the same? How are
they different? Text to Text

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 Purpose To share pictures
of homes

What to Do
Step 1 Talk with a partner about
your house. What does it
look like?
Step 2 Draw a picture of your
house. Draw a picture of a
room in your house.
Step 3 Write your name on your
pictures. Share them with
the class.

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 Literature Circles

Fiction

Thinkmark
Setting
Where did the story take place?

Characters
Who are the main characters?

Sequence of Events
What happened in this story?
Tell what happened first, then,
next, and finally.
 Where I Live

GR B  •  Benchmark 2  •  Lexile BR

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