LESSON 29 TEACHER’S GUIDE The Barnyard Bandit by LaToya Simms Fountas-Pinnell Level K Mystery Selection Summary A bandit is taking Spinner’s, Hank’s, and Fuzz’s special things. The three animals use clues to track down the barnyard bandit. Number of Words: 371 Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features Mystery Setting and characters presented on first two pages. Plot proceeds in sequence to the end. Barnyard animals Missing objects (web, hay, yarn) Solving a mystery Clues can help solve a mystery. Talking animals Realistic dialogue Variety of simple and complex sentences Compound sentences using and: The three friends grew tired and fell asleep. Series of nouns, divided by commas: She was sitting on a nest made out of the yarn, hay, and web. Key vocabulary word: bandit Character names: Spinner the spider, Hank the horse, Fuzz the cat One- and two-syllable words Words with comparative endings: sweetest, closer Illustrations reveal clues used to solve mystery. Illustration above text on each of nine pages Sentences carrying over two to three lines Use of capital letters for emphasis: …NOW look at it! © 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 from this publication in classroom quantities for