1. How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay By Julia Alvarez

2. Set the Stage! Today you will finishreading How Tia Lola Came to Visit, Stay, by Julia Alvarez. As you read you will draw conclusions from information in the text.

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4. Suffix? Prefix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk faded Became less bright The bright light of the sun faded away as the sun went down over the horizon.

5. Suffix? Prefix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk discovers finds While searching in Siberia, scientist discovers a baby wooly mammoth that was buried in a glacier thousands of years ago.

6. Suffix? Prefix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk trimmed clipped My little brothers hair had gotten so long that he had to go to the barber and have it trimmed.

7. Suffix? Prefix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk wobbly shaky Anthony was a wobbly rider when he first began to ride his bike but he soon got the hang of it.

8. Suffix? Prefix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk odd strange The star nosed mole is an odd little animal that most people never see.

9. Prefix? Suffix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk gazes looks The little girl gazes up into the sky waiting anxiously for Santa and his reindeer to fly by.

10. Vocabulary Vault wobbly faded odd discovers gazes trimmed

11. Story Test- How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay. • Preview Story Test Questions • Read pages 702 – 705 • Finish your story map for pages 699-705 • Answer comprehension questions • Write 3 meaningful sentences • Answer Challenge questions