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Lesson 4
Today’s words
busy, to grow impatient, to run a farm,
furious, demand
Today’s concepts
• The story has another problem. The hens
will not give eggs unless the farmer gives
them electric blankets.
• Farmer Brown and the animals are at an
impasse: Farmer Brown demands that
the cows and hens give milk and eggs.
The cows will not give milk and the hens
will not give eggs unless they get
electric blankets.
1 Review
• The cows will not give milk unless the
farmer gives them electric blankets.
2 Build word knowledge
3
Whole-class and
independent reading
• Focus on a particular section of the story
text each day.
Show the storyteller video, read the
book, or show the story from the
Between the Lions video.
Teach the written language and the
conceptual meaning of the printed text.
Pause at key points to focus on the
concepts of the day and model
comprehension strategies for the chil-
dren by making your thinking visible.
Ask comprehension questions relevant
to the day’s lesson.
• Students should have the opportunity to:
Retell the portion of the story focused
on that day.
Read the printed text independently.
“No milk today!” cried Farmer Brown.
In the background, he heard the cows busy
at work: Click, clack, moo. Click, clack,
moo. Clickety, clack, moo.
The next day he got another note.
“Dear Farmer Brown.
The hens are cold too.
They’d like electric blankets.
Sincerely,
The Cows.”
The cows were growing impatient with the
farmer. They left a new note on the barn
door.
“Closed.
No milk.
No eggs.”
“No eggs!” cried Farmer Brown. In the
background he heard them. Click, clack,
moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo.
“Cows that type. Hens on strike! Whoever
heard of such a thing? How can I run a
farm with no milk and no eggs!” Farmer
Brown was furious. Farmer Brown got out
his own typewriter.
“Dear Cows and Hens:
There will be no electric blankets.
You are cows and hens.
I demand milk and eggs.
Sincerely,
Farmer Brown.”
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