Nivel: K

LESSON 14 TEACHERS GUIDE

EDL: 2024
Gnero:
Fantasa Ca m n l
Estrategia:
Inferir/Predecir
cam llo
Carmen el camello
Destreza:
Conclusiones
por Dee Scully ilustrado por Liz Callen
Nmero de palabras: 339

1.3.4

by Dee Scully
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Fountas-Pinnell Level J
Libritos nivelados
en lnea

Fantasy
Selection Summary ISBN-13:978-0-547-03537-6
ISBN-10:0-547-03537-3

Carmen cant do anything right in escuela de camellos. She fails at

running, calling for help, and drinking enough water. Then her teacher 1033739
H O U G H T O N MI F F L I N
falls in the pond and Carmen jumps in to save him.
Number of Words: 340
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Characteristics of the Text

Genre Fantasy
Text Structure Story is told by third-person narrator and by characters dialogue.
First in a series of problems presented in beginning
Content Skills taught to animals in school
A surprise ending
Themes and Ideas Everyone is good at something.
School can be frustrating.
Language and Meaning provided through integration of pictures with text.
Literary Features Words in all capitals for emphasis (MUUU, GRRR)
Sentence Complexity Complex sentences, some with an introductory clause (Cuando yo diga, corran de aqu al
final de la pista.)
Compound sentences (Carmen corri lo ms rpido que pudo, pero aun as lleg en
ltimo lugar.)
Vocabulary Words about camels life: tormenta de arena, camello, joroba, cactus, estanque,
galones, agua
Words Several words with four syllables
Words with inectional endings: calificaciones, aprenderemos, sonaba, ruga, rieron,
movan, tropez
Onomatopoeia: MUUU
Multiple meaning words: firme
Illustrations Illustrations closely linked to text on all pages.
Book and Print Features Nine pages of text; illustrations on every page
Periods, commas, quotation marks, exclamation points, question marks, ellipsis
2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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 Carmen el camello by Dee Scully

Build Background
Read the title to the children and talk with them about the cover illustration. Help them
describe the camel, including the two humps on its back and its pink baseball cap. Ask
what they notice about the camels name. Help children use their knowledge of camels.
Ask questions such as: Dnde viven los camellos? Qu ms saben sobre los camellos?

Introduce the Text

Guide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar
language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Here are some
suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that this story is a fantasy about a camel named Carmen who has
a hard time at school.
Suggested language: Vayan a la pgina 2. El camello grande con el silbato es el
Sr. Camello. l es el maestro de Carmen y los dems camellos en la escuela de
camellos. Cmo saben cul es Carmen? Recuerdan su gorra rosa en la cubierta
del libro?
Page 3: Have children look at the illustration. Lo primero que aprenden es a correr.
Carmen no es muy buena corriendo. Cmo se dan cuenta de eso mirando el
dibujo?
Page 6: Vayan a la pgina 6. Las jorobas del Sr. Camello se movan de un lado al
otro. Qu forma tiene una joroba? Sealen las jorobas en la ilustracin.
Page 7: Remind children to use information from the pictures to help them read.
Vayan a la pgina 7. Qu est haciendo Carmen ahora? El Sr. Camello les pidi
que encontrarn comida en el desierto. Qu encontr Carmen? El autor dice:
Carmen mordi un cactus. Qu ven en la parte de arriba del cactus? Creen que
Carmen eligi bien lo que iba a comer?
Ahora, vuelvan al comienzo del libro para descubrir si a Carmen le fue bien en
alguna de las cosas que le ensearon en la escuela de camellos.

Learn More Words

cactus joroba

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 Read
Have children read Carmen el camello silently while you listen to individual children read.
Support their problem solving and fluency as needed.

Respond to the Text

Personal Response
Invite children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they
liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.
Suggested language: Cmo creen que se siente Carmen al final del cuento? Por qu?

Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points.
Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text
Carmen wasnt good at any of Everyone is good at something. Some of the story is told through
the lessons that Sr. Camello dialogue.
Some subjects are hard to learn
taught.
at school. The characters are animals, but
Sr. Camello fell into a pond and they act the way people do.
needed help.
Carmen jumped into the water
and saved Sr. Camello.
2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Support

Fluency
Invite children to choose a passage from the text to act out. Remind them to pay attention
to the punctuation, especially the exclamation marks, to help them read with expression.

Phonics and Word Work

Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:
Listening Game Have children listen for words that begin with the same sound. Have
children raise their hands if the words begin with the same sound, and keep their
hands in their laps if the beginning letter is different. Say pairs of words, for example,
camello and cactus, pens and cay, tierra and teatro, escuela and buenas.
Word Wall Materials: words on word wall, index cards. Have children choose ve
words about animals from the word wall and read them. Then have children write the
words on cards. Have partners build sentences using some of their words, and adding
other words.

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 Writing About Reading
Critical Thinking
Read the directions for children on Hoja reproducible 14.7 and guide them in answering
the questions.

Responding
Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension Skill

Conclusions Tell children that as they read they can use details to figure
out more about the text. Model how to think about conclusions:

Think Aloud

En la escuela de camellos, se pueden aprender muchas cosas. Qu

detalles me demuestran eso? En la pgina 3, el Sr. Camello les ensea
a correr a sus alumnos. En la pgina 4, les ensea a pedir ayuda. En la
pgina 6, les ensea a caminar en la arena. En la pgina 7, a encontrar
comida. Esos detalles me ayudan a comprender que hay mucho por
aprender en la escuela de camellos.

Practice the Skill

Have children tell details that show that Carmen was not as good as other students at
drinking water.

Writing Prompt
Read aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing
prompt on page 6.
Imagine everyone at escuela de camellos gets an award at the end of the year. Write about
the award you think Carmen should get.

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 Responder
Conclusiones
DESTREZA CLAVE

Qu pensaba Carmen de s
misma? Escribe tres detalles que
te digan eso. Haz un diagrama
como el de abajo.

A platicar!
El texto y t Haz una lista de las
cosas que puedes hacer bien. Haz
un dibujo de una de ellas. Escribe
una oracin acerca de tu dibujo.
Leccin 14
HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 14.7
Nombre Fecha

Pinsalo
Carmen el camello

11 Pinsalo

Escucha las ideas sobre el libro. Escribe la

palabra que completa cada oracin.
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1. Carmen estaba preocupada porque no haca nada

bien .
mal en primer lugar bien

2. Carmen se dio cuenta de que era buena para

nadar .
caminar nadar gritar

Hacer conexiones Haz un dibujo de lo que haces

mejor. Rotula tu dibujo.

Lea las instrucciones a los nios.

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 Nombre Fecha

Carmen el camello
Imagina que todos los estudiantes de la
escuela de camellos reciben un premio al final
del ao. Escribe qu premio crees que debe recibir
Carmen.

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 Leccin 14
HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 14.7
Nombre Fecha

Pinsalo Carmen el camello

Pinsalo

Escucha las ideas sobre el libro. Escribe la

palabra que completa cada oracin.
1. Carmen estaba preocupada porque no haca nada

.
mal en primer lugar bien

2. Carmen se dio cuenta de que era buena para

.
caminar nadar gritar

Hacer conexiones Haz un dibujo de lo que haces

mejor. Rotula tu dibujo.

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 Leccin 14
HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 14.10
Estudiante Fecha

Carmen el camello Carmen el camello

Registro de lectura
NIVEL J

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

2 Formen una lnea, nios!

grit el Sr. Camello. Bienvenidos
a la escuela de camellos. Es hora de
aprender cmo ser buenos camellos.
Carmen quera ser un buen
camello. Ella quera sacar buenas
calificaciones en la escuela.

3 El Sr. Camello dijo: Hoy

aprenderemos a correr. Cuando yo
diga, corran de aqu al final de la pista.
Uno, dos, tres, corran!
Carmen corri lo ms rpido que
pudo, pero aun as lleg en
ltimo lugar.

Comments: Accuracy Rate Self-Correction

(# words read Rate
correctly/43 100) (# errors + #
% Self-Corrections/
Self-Corrections)
1:

Behavior Code Error Behavior Code Error

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1416063
90000

Substitution lodo 1
ISBN-10: 0-547-32205-4

Read word correctly 0 lobo

lobo
Self-corrects lodo sc 0
lobo
9 7 805 4 7 3 2 2 05 6

Repeated word, 0
sentence, or phrase lobo Insertion el 1
lobo

Omission lobo 1 Word told T 1
lobo

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