LESSON 25 TEACHER’S GUIDE Tag-Along Tim by Rachael Stein Fountas-Pinnell Level J Realistic Fiction Selection Summary Andrew is annoyed by his little brother, Tim, who wants to do everything he does. But Andrew finds satisfaction in helping Tim learn how to stack blocks carefully. Number of Words: 358 Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features Realistic fiction Third-person narrative Some character development Sibling relationships Helping younger children Younger siblings can be annoying, but there is real satisfaction in helping them learn something new. Information and characterization developed through dialogue Conversational language Some simple sentences: You decide. Many longer sentences: “You can take your brother to the park, or you can stay home.” Words relating to emotions: glared, frowned, care, help, kindly Many high frequency words: buy, city, family, myself, party, please, school, seven Some challenging words: enough, castle, special Pictures support each page of text, including the emotional content. Nine pages of text, illustrations on every page Five to eleven lines of text on a page Some sentences begin mid-line; some three-line sentences © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding (discipline) Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets