Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. Genre Realistic fiction Joanie’s House Becomes a Home Comprehension Skills and Strategy Sequence Draw Conclusions Monitor and Fix Up Scott Foresman Reading 3.5.3 ISBN 0-328-13389-2 ì<(sk$m)=bd ijf< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Donna Latham illustrated by Catherine Blake Reader Response 1. When the Chen family was getting ready to move, what did they do first? What happened next? Look at page 10, then use a graphic organizer like the one below to record the first three parts of the big move. Joanie’s House Becomes a Home 1. 2. 3. 2. As they read, good readers often stop and check to make sure that a text makes sense. Reread page 9.Latham How does Joanie by Donna feel about moving? illustrated by Catherine Blake 3. Before the Chens moved, Joanie was not very curious about what her new home and life would be like. Write a list of three antonyms for the word curious. 4. A floor plan is a quick and clear way to show the parts of a house. Look at the floor plan on pages 14–15. Name some of the rooms in the Chen’s house. Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona What is a home? It’s more than an apartment or a house. A home includes the special things in it. You might have books, toys, and games in your room. You might have a favorite chair in the kitchen. Those things help you feel good. Sometimes, people need to move to a new home. Moving can be exciting. But it can make you homesick, too. Let’s meet Joanie Chen. She is eight years old. She is packing. Her family is moving to a new city in two days. Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correc