2.3.4 An International Food Fair! SUMMARY In this story, a family solves the problem of what to eat for dinner by going to an international food fair. It supports the lesson concept of a creative idea being a solution. LESSON VOCABULARY alone daughters many youngest buy half their INTRODUCE THE BOOK INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with children the title and the author of An International Food Fair! Have children describe what they think is happening in the cover illustration. BUILD BACKGROUND Ask children to discuss foods they know about that come from other countries. Ask where they tasted that food or who made it for them. Also have them describe any special foods their families may enjoy. PREVIEW/TAKE A PICTURE WALK Have children look at the pictures in the book before reading. Ask: What do you think this story is about? Have children look at page 12. Ask and discuss: Is this part of the story? What is this part of the book about? THEME AND PLOT PREDICT READ THE BOOK SET PURPOSE Have children set a purpose for reading An International Food Fair! Remind children of what they discussed in their preview. Ask: What do you want to learn more about in this story? STRATEGY SUPPORT: PREDICT Remind children to look for clues that help them decide what might happen next. Have them think about the main characters and what they might do next. As children read the story, have them make predictions after each page by asking questions. Have them use a three-column predictions chart to list predictions, support predictions, and revisit predictions to see if they are correct or need to be revised. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS PAGES 3–4 Why do you think the parents forgot who was supposed to make dinner? (Possible response: They are both busy teaching.) PAGES 6–7 Why did Amy and Allie wait to get food, and Danny did not? (Possible response: Since Danny is younger, he is less patient.) PAGE 10 What happened in the middle of the story? (The family ate different ki