CHALLENGING WORDS
collectioncounter
crayons
dreamed
erasers
raincoat
sandwiches
sneakers
umbrella
yesterday
SUMMARY
My sister Doris got a brand new lunch box. I need one, too. Just think of all the wonderful things I could do with a lunchbox!--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Retell the story in your own words.(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Which part would you change?
(2) / Pretend you are the little brother, how would you convince Mom to get you a lunch box?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Describe your ideal lunch box.
(3) / Imagine you are Doris, how would you feel about going to first grade?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Which has been your favorite year at school so far?
(4) / Share with me a time that a brother or sister or friend got something that you really wanted, also.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Did you get it?
(5) / Replace the word sneakers with another word that means the same thing.
(Answer) / Tennis shoes.
(Follow Up) / List some other types of shoes.
(6) / Explain why Doris got a new lunch box.
(Answer) / She was starting school.
(Follow Up) / Do you bring your lunch or eat at school?
(7) / Find the kinds of shoes their Dad bought them.
(Answer) / Brown school shoes for Doris and black sneakers with yellow laces for him.
(Follow Up) / Describe your favorite pair of shoes.
(8) / Recall what grade Doris will be in?
(Answer) / First grade.
(Follow Up) / Name your first grade teacher.
(9) / List the items he claimed he could keep in a lunchbox.
(Answer) / Crayons, marbles, bug collection, or toy animals.
(Follow Up) / What would you keep in a lunch box?
(10) / Tell me the surprise the little boy received at the end of the story.
(Answer) / A new lunch box.
(Follow Up) / Describe the best surprise you have ever received.
Activities
1. / Make a menu for your mom to go by when fixing your lunch each day for a week.
2. / List items you need when starting school for the first time.
3. / Write a paragraph about your first day of school.
4. / List the things you would keep in a lunchbox besides food.
Introductions
1. / Bring in a pretend sack lunch. Ask the students if they have any better ideas of how you could bring you lunch, a paper sack tears, gets wet, etc. Either on your own or with students help, tell them “I Need a Lunch Box” and that is the name of our book today.2. / Have a copy of school lunch menu. Discuss what students favorite lunch is. Ask them which day they would bring their own lunch from home. Today a boy in our story thinks he needs a lunch box. Let’s read and find out if he gets his wish.
3. / Have items needed to start school, pencil, paper, crayons, lunch box, etc. Today our story is about a little boy whose older sister is starting school and he thinks he needs some of the same things she is getting. Let’s read I Need a Lunchbox and see if he gets anything.
Book Title: I Need a Lunchbox
Author: Jeannette Caines / Illustrator: Pat CummingsISBN: 0-590-47362-3 / # of Text Pages: 15 AR: 1.8 LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
4 / sneakers / 7 / collection / 13 / parade
Prediction Questions
3 / What do you think they bought at the store?
9 / What color will Wednesday be?
14 / What do you suppose his surprise is?