Language and Literacy

Read on Your Own

Focus on Genre

Realistic Fiction Realistic fiction is a story that did not happen. It is realistic, which means that events in the story could happen in real life. This story is about a girl who makes lunch for a friend.

Focus on Words

Words with Short i, Short u, ch, and tch When you read and come to a word you don’t know, blend the sounds together to read it.

Remember that the letters ch and tch make one sound. You just learned about words with these spellings:

iuchtch
Illustration of a finger pointing to “ch” in the word “chin.”

High Frequency Words Say these words as whole words when you read.

  • something

  • large

  • different

  • open

  • eat

  • make

  • long

  • move

  • small

  • same

Something Good for Lunch

Photograph of the title page, “Something Good for Lunch”