LESSON 29 TEACHER’S GUIDE
Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
by Brandon Marsh
Fountas-Pinnell Level H
Mystery
Selection Summary
At the school lunch table, Cow finds her lunchbox empty. As she
thinks about what she did that morning on the way to school, she
remembers that she gave her food to others. Cow’s school friends,
Pig and Sheep, share their food with her.
Number of Words: 321
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
• Third-person narrative
• Problem stated on first page: “Where is my lunch?” said Cow.
• Animal names
• Lunch
• Thinking about a missing thing can help you remember what happened to it.
• Kindness and sharing can bring joy to daily life.
• Flashbacks
• Story told through dialogue
• Some longer sentences: Cow thought about all these things that happened on her way to
school.
• Some sentences with introductory clauses: On her walk, Cow saw a squirrel near a tree.
• Food words: sandwich, apple, juice
• Some target vocabulary highlighted in text
• One- and two-syllable words
• Many words with inflectional endings: opened, walked, looked, singing, shared
• Thought balloon that reviews main character’s flashbacks
• Nine pages of text, illustrations on every page
• Sentences carrying over two to three lines
• Labels name characters and things in many illustrations.
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Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
by Brandon Marsh
Build Background
Read the title and talk about what is happening in the cover illustration. Build interest by
asking a question such as the following: Cow’s lunch is missing. What do you suppose
happened? Tell children that this story is a mystery, or a story about a character who
solves a puzzle.
Front-Load Vocabulary Some everyday words may be unfamiliar to English
learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: lunchbox, sandwich,
squirrel, digging, market, juice.
Introduce the Text
Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar
language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Call their attention to any
labels. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that in this story, Cow tries to figure out where her missing lunch
is. Because this story is make believe, the animals can act like people.
Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Here are Cow and her friends, Sheep and
Pig. What do Sheep and Pig have for lunch? You can use the pictures and labels
to find out. What does Cow have? How do you think Cow feels when she finds out
that her lunchbox is empty?
Page 3: Remind children that they can use information in the pictures and in the
labels to help them figure out what is happening in the story. Earlier in the day,
when Cow saw the squirrel, she said: “Hello, Squirrel. What are you doing?” Say
hello. What letter would you expect to see first in the word hello? Find the word
Hello and put your finger under it. And you can see that Hello starts with uppercase
H because it comes at the beginning.
Page 7: On page 7, Cow remembers seeing a yellow bird behind some leaves on
a tree. What letter would you expect to see first in the word leaves? Find the label
that says: leaves and then say the word leaves. Find the word leaves in the text and
put your finger under it. What might be the bird’s problem? How might Cow help
the bird?
Now turn back to the beginning and read to find out what happened to Cow’s
lunch.
Words to Know
almost
behind
happened
idea
any
gone
hello
leaves
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Read
As children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that
supports their problem-solving ability.
Respond to the Text
Personal Response
Ask children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they
liked best about the story, or what they found interesting.
Suggested language: How do you think Cow feels when she remembers what happened
to her lunch? Why do you think that?
Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• When Cow opens her lunchbox
at lunchtime, it is empty.
• If you think about something that
is missing, you may remember
what happened to it.
• The author starts the story at
lunchtime, and then has Cow
think back to the morning’s
events that happened on her way
to school.
• She remembers that she gave
her sandwich to a squirrel, her
apple to a man, and her juice to
a bird.
• Someone who is kind shares
what he or she has with others.
• Sheep and Pig share their food
with Cow.
• Thought balloons show who
Cow helped on her way to
school.
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Choices for Support
Fluency
Have children choose a page to read aloud to a partner. Partners can take turns reading
pages. Remind children to make their voice go down at the end of telling sentences and
go up at the end of questions.
Phonemic Awareness and Word Work
Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:
• Say the Syllables Say the word lunchbox. Ask children to clap and say the syllables
they hear in lunchbox: lunch/box. Repeat with these words: sandwich (sand-wich),
apple (ap-ple), squirrel (squir-rel), market (mar-ket), yellow (yel-low), singing (singing), happened (hap-pened).
• Double Vowel Patterns Materials: chalkboard, chalk. Write these story words on the
board: school, tree, looked, three. Call on individuals to read each word and circle the
letters that spell the vowel sound.
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Writing About Reading
Critical Thinking
Read the directions for children on BLM 29.10 and guide them in answering the questions.
Responding
Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.
Target Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect
Tell children that one thing in a story often makes
another thing happen. The cause tells why something happened. The effect tells what
happened. Model how to identify cause and effect.
Think Aloud
I can think about what happens in this story. Cow’s lunch is missing. That
is the effect. Why is Cow’s lunch missing? Cow gave her sandwich to the
squirrel, her apple to the man, and her juice to the bird. That is the cause.
That is why Cow’s lunch is missing.
Practice the Skill
Recall with children a book they have read that has examples of cause and effect. Ask
them to name the cause(s) and the effect(s).
Writing Prompt
Read aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing
prompt on page 6.
Why do you think Cow gave away all her lunch? What does that tell you about her? Write
what you learned about Cow. Use details from the book in your answer.
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English Language Learners
Reading Support Make sure the text matches the children’s reading level. You may
wish to have children use the audio or online recording. After reading aloud, have children
talk about what they learned about a character.
Oral Language Development
Check the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their
English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/ Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: Point to Cow.
Speaker 1: What did Cow have in her
lunchbox?
Speaker 1: Why is Cow’s lunchbox
empty at the lunch table?
Speaker 2: She had a sandwich, an
apple, and juice.
Speaker 2: She gave away the
food that morning.
Speaker 1: Who did Cow give her
sandwich to?
Speaker 1: What do Sheep and
Pig do at the end of the story?
Speaker 2: She gave her sandwich to the
squirrel.
Speaker 2: They share their food
with Cow.
Speaker 2: [Points to Cow.]
Speaker 1: [Point to the sandwich.]
What is this?
Speaker 2: sandwich
Speaker 1: [Point to the apple.] What
is this?
Speaker 2: apple
Speaker 1: Who did Cow give her apple
to?
Speaker 2: She gave her apple to the
man.
Lesson 29
Name
BLACKLINE MASTER 29.10
Think About It
Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
Think About It
Write an answer to the question.
Responses may vary.
1. What happened to Cow’s lunch?
Cow gave her lunch to a squirrel, a
man, and a bird that needed it.
Making Connections Think about a time you
shared a lunch with someone. Write some sentences
about what happened.
Read directions to children.
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Name
Date
Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
Why do you think Cow gave away all her lunch?
What does that tell you about her? Write what
you learned about Cow. Use details from the book
in your answer.
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Name
BLACKLINE MASTER 29.10
Think About It
Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
Think About It
Write an answer to the question.
1. What happened to Cow’s lunch?
Making Connections Think about a time you
shared a lunch with someone. Write some sentences
about what happened.
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Student
Lesson 29
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Where Is Cow’s Lunch? • LEVEL H
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Selection Text
Where Is Cow’s Lunch?
Running Record Form
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Self-Correction
Rate
It was lunch time.
Cow opened her lunchbox.
“Where is my lunch?” said Cow.
“I do not have my sandwich.
I do not have my apple.
I do not have my juice!”
3
Cow thought about what she did
that morning.
She walked to school.
On her walk, Cow saw a squirrel
near a tree.
“Hello, Squirrel. What are you
doing?” Cow said.
Comments:
(# words read
correctly/52 × 100)
(# errors + #
Self-Corrections/
Self-Corrections)
%
1:
Read word correctly
Code
✓
cat
Repeated word,
sentence, or phrase
®
Omission
—
cat
cat
Behavior
Substitution
Code
cut
cat
1
Self-corrects
cut sc
cat
0
Insertion
the
1
Word told
T
cat
Error
0
0
1
8
Grade 1
cat

Error
1413408
Behavior
1
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OVERMATTER
“I am digging,” said Squirrel.