A Minute Story

ANTHOLOGY
Volume 2 Units 916

Maryanne Wolf

What will you find in this sample?

These anthologies contain imaginative stories with wonderfully engaging illustrations. They have been written specifically to accompany each unit of the RAVE-O program. As they read these stories, students learn to apply the Think Thrice Tip, which involves three comprehension strategies Think Ahead, Think Back, and Think for Yourself.

Be sure to look for:

Controlled vocabulary that becomes increasingly complex Core Words, Eye-Spy Words, and rime family words Core Words used in a variety of contexts

Title Bones
Stories build background knowledge and connect to content areas

Presents abstract concepts in easy-to-understand graphics

The bones inside your body give you your shape.

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brain skull

Tap the top of your body. The bone you tapped is your skull. The skull makes your brain safe.
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backbone (spine)

Poke your back. You have a backbone there. It is called your spine. It is made from 26 bones in the shape of little tubes. The spine bones let you stand, tip, or dip.
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Your hand has 27 bones! You can dig, wave, or clap with your hands.
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air going out

lungs

ribs

Tap on your chest. The bones in your chest are your ribs. You have 24 rib bones and your lungs are inside them. Air goes in and out of the lungs.
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hips

legs

feet Font size decreases as students reading skills increase

Tap your hip bones. They fit with the spine so that you can wag and shake them. Legs fit with the hips so that you can kick, skip, hop, and run. Shake a hip and a leg!
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skull

skull

You have lots of bones. When you are a little kid, you have 300 bones. But as you get bigger, you will have 206 bones. Why is that? As you get bigger, the bones fuse!
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Title Tadpoles to Frogs

frogspawn

eggs

frogspawn

Frogs lay eggs in water. Frogs eggs are called frogspawn. Frogspawn is like jelly with dots in it. The dots are the little frogs that are called tadpoles.
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jelly

tadpoles

Direct connection to science topics

The tadpoles get out of the jelly and grip plants in the water. They have gills so that they can get air from the water like fish do.
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gills

When they get bigger, they have no gills. They have lungs to get air. The tadpoles have tails to swim in the water.
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tails

The tadpoles get two back legs and then two at the front. Then the tails go!

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They are frogs! They can hop and jump. They get out of the water and into the air.
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They sit by the side of lakes, swim in the water, and get bugs for dinner.
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The big frogs get bigger, and one day they too will lay eggs in the water.
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What Is in the Cave?

Culminates in an engaging chapter story

Chapter 3
Bob runs out of the cave onto the hillside. He cannot see the cup. It is lost in the rocks and sand. I am a wreck, says Kim. Bats and I do not mix. Bob says, How can we get the cup back? We will not see it if the sun sets. A thin ray of the sun hits the cup, and they see it shine in the rocks by the sea. What luck, says Bob, and he runs to get it.
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Chapter 3

Bob picks up the cup and says, Wow! This cup is made of copper and jade! There is a date on it, too. He rubs the cup and sees the date 1768. I bet this cup came from a shipwreck in 1768! Bob says. We can take it home in my backpack. If this was in the cave, do you think there are Kim stops! Her eyes open wide! She shakes! She sees a white, shadowy shape by the chest. What IS in that cave?

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What Is in the Cave?

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