High Slide
Orientation and Conferencing Plan
Orientation
Stage 1
Comprehension questions
Ensure that you have read about using the plan in the
Program Guide.
1. What were the boys watching people do at the
water park?
Book summary
2. What reason did Daniel give for going after his
friend on the slides?
Read the following summary to the student.
Daniel bets his friend that he won’t go down the
slides at the water park. You’ll find out why when the
boys are at the highest water slide!
Introduction
Foster interest and activate the student’s background
knowledge. Be concise – focus on motivating and involving
the student. Encourage prediction by using the text
and illustrations on the cover of the book. Discuss new
vocabulary and remind the student to use the glossary
(when applicable). Also remind the student to ask him/
herself questions before, during and after the reading.
If the student has no knowledge of water slides,
link to their knowledge about heights. Discuss the
student’s experiences and feelings about a time
when they were afraid to do something but did it
anyway.
Conferencing
Check how well the student reads
When you are conferencing, the student reads all or part of
the book to you. Then:
•praise, pause, and prompt appropriately;
•check for accuracy (by counting mistakes) and fluency;
•check for understanding by using one or more of the
following methods:
−asking
−
the comprehension questions provided and any
others that seem necessary;
−asking
−
the student to retell the story in their own words;
−asking
−
questions about and discussing aspcts of the
story, such as the theme, plot, main ideas, sequence
and characters;
−encouraging
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the student to confirm the predictions they
made during the orientation.
Decide what the student does next
Next recommend that the student:
•practices some more on the same book, with or without
the audio;
•completes one of the activities provided that is related to
the book;
•practices with another book from the same level; or
•is assessed for promotion to the next level.
3. Which slide did Daniel not go down?
4. Why do you think Daniel didn’t go first each time?
5. What would it feel like to go down a very
high slide?
Answers to the Comprehension questions
1. They watched people zooming down the
water slides.
2. He said he wanted to make sure his friend
went down.
3. The third and highest slide.
4. Answers will vary.
5. Answers will vary.
Supporting English Language
Learners
The following are suggestions for optional lessons to take
with your English language learners. See the overview chart
in the Program Guide for a summary of the text features of
this book.
Purpose
Recognizing emotional response to a range of
situations and using appropriate vocabulary to
describe these responses
Introduce the concept and practice
Inferring characters’ motivations and feelings helps
the student to understand different points of view
and to develop their sense of empathy.
When the student is familiar with the book, ask them
to consider how both the characters felt at different
stages in the text. Discuss how each character
behaved and infer the reasons for their behaviour.
Provide a selection of pictures that demonstrate a
variety of emotions. Ask the student to identify how
the characters in each picture are feeling and to give
a reason why. During the discussion of the pictures,
encourage the student to use appropriate vocabulary,
and introduce new vocabulary as necessary.
Discuss the use of facial expression to show
emotion and talk about cultural differences in
relation to this.
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High Slide
Cloze Activity
Stage 1
Name:............................................................................................................................... Date:...............................................
Introduction: Daniel bets his friend that he won’t go down the slides at the water park. You’ll find out why when
the boys are at the highest water slide!
At the water park, Daniel and I watch people zooming
down the water slides. “I bet you wouldn’t
down
there,” says Daniel,
to the first water
. “I would!” I say,
up the ladder. “I’ll
after you,” Daniel says, “
to make
sure you
go down.” I stand
the top of
the
. “Go on,” says Daniel. “
are you
waiting for?”
push off. ZOOM! SPLASH!
“
was easy,” Daniel says,
out of the
pool
me, “but I bet
wouldn’t go down
there.”
points to the second
slide.
“I would!” I
, climbing up the ladder. “
go after you,” Daniel
, “just to make sure
do go down.” I
at the top of
slide. “Go
on,” says
I close my eyes.
. “What are you waiting
Accuracy Chart (Exact word replacement only)
Errors
Level
M = Meaning (makes sense)
More than 11 correct
Independent
Heard
10 or 11 correct
Instructional
Fewer than 10 correct
Frustration
Words Entered
Score
?”
Seen
S = Syntax (sounds right)
Unseen
Comments:
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Errors
M S
High Slide
Text-Sequencing Activity
Stage 1
At the water park, Daniel and I
watch people zooming down the water slides.
“I bet you wouldn’t go down there,”
says Daniel, pointing to the first water slide.
“I would!” I say, climbing up the ladder.
“I’ll go after you,” Daniel says,
“just to make sure you do go down.”
ZOOM! SPLASH! I go down and Daniel comes after me.
“That was easy,” Daniel says,
“but I bet you wouldn’t go down there.”
He points to the second water slide.
ZOOM! SPLASH! I go down and Daniel comes after me.
“That was easy,” Daniel says,
“but I bet you wouldn’t go down there.”
He’s pointing to the third water slide!
I go down, but Daniel doesn’t come after me.
“You’re brave,” he says.
“Let’s go down the first water slide again.
I promise I’ll follow this time!”
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Word Search Activity
High Slide
Stage 1
Name:............................................................................................................................... Date:...............................................
Words can
be found
in these
directions:
The letter in
each square
can only be
used in one
word.
Words
to find:
d
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h
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h
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s
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p
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m
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and
go
my
the
to
what
are
it
park
there
up
you
at
look
people
third
was
down
make
say
this
watch
for
me
slide
time
water
Use the letters that are left to tell what the boys climb up to get to the top of
the slide...........................................................................................................................................................................................
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High Slide
Board Game Activity
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Spin the numbered spinner.
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The highest number starts.
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You need to spin the exact
number to move onto the
END square.
19 Daniel says
20
18
START
1
Stage 1
2
You and Daniel
are at the
water park.
3 You and
Daniel watch
people zooming
down the water
slide. Miss a turn.
22 Daniel says,
4
END
23
5
17
30
24
6 Daniel bets
16 You stand at
29
25 Daniel says,
7
15
28 You go down
27
26
8
13
12
11 You go down
he’ll go after
you, just to make
sure you do go
down the slide. Go
forward 4 spaces.
the top of the
slide. Name two
numbers. If you
spin one of these
numbers, go back
to 12.
14 Daniel goes
down the first
slide after you. Spin
again. If you spin
an odd number, go
on to 18.
21
Daniel says, “You’re brave. Let’s go
down the first water slide again. I
promise I’ll follow this time!”
the third
water slide, but
Daniel doesn’t
follow you. Go on
to 30.
“What are
you waiting for?”
Go back 2 spaces.
you wouldn’t
go down the first
water slide. Go
back to 4.
“That was
easy.” Spin again.
Go back that
number.
the first water
slide. Spin again.
Go forward that
number.
10
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High Slide
Writing Activity
Stage 1
Name:............................................................................................................................... Date:...............................................
Fill in the shapes to make a story web for High Slide.
Title
Setting
Characters
Plot
Write on the back of this page if you need more space.
REMEMBER
The title is the name of the story, the setting is where the
story happened, the characters are the people in the story,
and the plot is what happened.
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