• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

picture to be a little bird, not a kitten. Have students finish reading the passage. Then pair students 
or act out the strategy practice activity as a group. Direct students to complete the skill practice 
activity. Review the answers together.
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Remind students of the strategy. Tell students they are going to read a funny story about different 
animals and a mitten. Read aloud the instructions at the top of the page. Have students read the 
passage. When students have finished, direct them to complete the activities. Review the answers 
for the skill practice activity together.
Visualization
This strategy helps students visualize, or create a mental picture of, what they are 
reading. Students learn to identify good adjectives, nouns, and verbs to help them 
“see” the details in a passage. Students also learn to adjust their mental images 
as they read.
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WEEK 2
DAY 1
READ THE PASSAGE
Visualize a dog doing each action described in the passage.
Ways Dogs Talk
Dogs use their voices and bodies to talk to people. Watch a dog’s actions. 
You can learn to tell what it is trying to say.
A dog shows when it is happy to see you. It looks at you and wags its tail, or it 
runs around quickly in circles. Some happy dogs will jump up on you. A scared 
dog acts differently than a happy dog. A frightened dog puts its tail down between 
its legs. Some scared dogs growl. Others try to hide. 
Dogs like being with people, so they try to get your attention. They tap you 
with a paw or place their head in your lap. They also might look at you and bark 
or howl. 
Dogs show when they want to be left alone, too. A dog that is upset will bare 
its teeth, or it will growl. Both are signs to stay away!