► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Retell a Story
Use Forms of the Verb Be
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Monitor Your Reading
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Folk Tale
Apply the Reading Strategy
Monitor Your Reading
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Phrasing
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Character and Plot
Vocabulary Study
Use Synonyms
Viewing/Speaking
Illustrate Character Traits
Listening/Speaking
Give a Narrative Presentation
Language and Grammar
Retell a Story
Writing and Grammar
Write About a Folk Tale
Literature, movies, and cartoons are often filled with clever characters called “tricksters.” Meet some of the most famous tricksters and learn how they have changed over time.
Quickwrite Think about a character from a book, movie, TV show, or a person you know who has outsmarted someone else. Write about how this character used his or her intelligence to trick someone.