Level: C

DRA: 3
Genre:
Realistic Fiction

Grandpa
Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Skill:
Understanding Characters

and Me
Word Count: 86

1.1.2

by Sheila Sweeny Higginson

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
illustrated by Melissa Iwai
Online Leveled Books

ISBN-13:978-0-547-02780-7
ISBN-10:0-547-02780-X

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 Grandpa
and Me

by Sheila Sweeny Higginson

illustrated by Melissa Iwai

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 Grandpa liked to look for
birds when he was a boy.
2
Now he likes to look for
birds with me.
3
 Grandpa liked to swim
when he was a boy.
4
Now he likes to swim
with me.
5
 Grandpa liked to fish
when he was a boy.
6
Now he likes to fish
with me.
7
 Grandpa liked to sled
when he was a boy.
8
Now he likes to sled
with me.
9
 Grandpa liked to take
pictures when he was a boy.
Now he likes to show his
pictures to me!
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 Responding
TARGET SKILLUnderstanding
Characters What does Grandpa
like to do? What do these
things show about Grandpa?
Make a chart.

Write About It
Text to World Draw two
pictures. Show what a real
grandpa did when he was a boy
and what the grandpa does
now. Write captions.

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 WORDS TO KNOW

boy look
for like
he when

Understanding
TARGET SKILL

Characters Tell more about

characters.

TARGET STRATEGYInfer/Predict
Use clues to figure out more about
story parts.
GENRE Realistic Fiction is a
story that could happen in real life.

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Level: C
DRA: 3
Genre:
Realistic Fiction

Grandpa
Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Skill:
Understanding Characters

and Me
Word Count: 86

1.1.2

by Sheila Sweeny Higginson

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
illustrated by Melissa Iwai
Online Leveled Books

ISBN-13:978-0-547-02780-7
ISBN-10:0-547-02780-X

1032833
H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN