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3rd Grade Reading Together: Dave, Right on Time, Ch. 1
Scene 1 – Getting Started
VOICEOVER
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VO:
Hello! Glad you’re here. In this lesson, we’ll
do three things with this book here, Dave,
Right on Time.
One: we’ll read chapter one. Two: we’ll talk
about what we read. Three: we’ll pick a
passage from the book for out loud uent
reading practice.
If that sounds alright to you, click “Let’s
Go!”
Welcome
Reading Together graphic onscreen
Msx plays under opening comments.
Text appears as referenced in VO.
“Hello!”
“In this lesson:” [appears with cover]
“Read chapter 1 of Dave, Right on Time”
“Talk about what happened”
“Read uently in the book”
LET’S GO! button appears
VO:
This book’s title, “Dave, right on time,”
makes me think the story will have
something to do with being on time.
Are you usually on time for things like
school and meetups with friends? Pick
your answer.
FB: Hopefully your sense of time is better
than the character in our story, Dave. Let’s
meet him now.
Question slide:
Circle title
Are you usually on time for things like
school and meetups with friends?
- I get to places early, so I’m never late.
- I’m usually on time, but sometimes I’m
late for a good reason.
- I’m late to nearly everything!
VO:
This is Dave. He’s a wombat. Wombats are
usually found in Australia. Think of them as
cousins to the koalas who live in trees.
Creative animation of illustrated wombats,
Australia, koalas, etc.
Wombat image isolates as others fade
VO:
This wombat here will show you its nest
creature features! Click the arrows on the
illustration.
[theme music plays throughout the layers]
Wombat Interactive
Hot spots on claws, eyes, and backside.
Each spot opens a new layer. Layers have a
polaroid-type photo of real wombats and a
fact written at the bottom of the image.
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[when all layers are visited and Continue is
clicked]
FB:
These are good things to know about
wombats. Let’s get into the book.
Eyes layer – Wombats are nocturnal. That
means they are mostly active at night and
rest during the day.
Claws layer – Wombats have powerful
claws. They use them to dig into the earth
and create burrows—underground homes
that wombats use for comfort and for
safety!
Backside layer - A wombat has an extra
thick hide on its backside. It uses this like a
shield. Their bottoms work like scratch-
proof door plugs if an enemy wants to enter
their burrow.
Visiting All three layers reveals the continue
button.
Scene 2 – Reading Chapter 1
VOICEOVER
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VO:
Today’s book is Dave, Right on Time, by
Jacob Grimm. I’ll read the rst few pages
out loud. Follow along!
Book cover onscreen.
VO:
Chapter One: Late again… [reads to page 3]
Wow. Miss Lily expects a lot from her sta.
And Dave being late probably doesn’t
count as “wonderful in every way.”
Keep reading to nd out what happens. To
turn the page, click here.
Book pages for ch 1. VO reads to page 3.
Students read the rest of the chapter.
VO:
You nished chapter 1 of Dave, Right on
Time. Nice work.
Students turn the last page and see the
cover again.
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Now let’s talk about what happened and
why it matters to our new wombat buddy,
Dave.
Continue Arrow appears
Scene 3 – Comprehension
VOICEOVER
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VO:
Right now, while the story is fresh in my
brain, I want to do a tellback.
A tellback is when you put the story in your
own words. You stop and say, out loud,
everything you can remember about what
you’ve been reading.
“Tellback: putting the story in your own
words.
Say, out loud, everything you remember
about what you’ve been reading.
VO:
Click the button to hear my tellback on
chapter one.
Tellback VO:
The story starts with Dave Wombat waking
up late, like he does all the time. It’s a big
problem. He misses the bus and knows
he’ll be in trouble at his job.
He loves his job—it’s at a fancy hotel. He
even wears a fancy uniform. But the owner
of the hotel, Miss Lily, puts Dave on
Inventor’s Leave until he can invent a way
to wake up on time.
Click continue when you’re ready.
Book cover onscreen.
Tellback Layer: images from ch 1 display
as referenced.
VO:
Dave’s big problem is sleeping too late.
Why don’t his alarms wake him up?
FB:
Right. Dave can only wake up when he
hears a sound he’s not expecting!
Question slide
Why don’t Dave’s alarms wake him up?
- They aren’t loud or annoying enough.
- [CORRECT] They aren’t a surprise. He
knows they’re coming.
- They go o at the wrong times.
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VO: Imagine you are Dave. How do you feel
at the end of chapter 1? Multiple answers
are okay!
FB: These are valid ways to feel. It’s a
frustrating situation, but there is hope!
Click all that apply
“Imagine you are Dave. How do you feel at
the end of chapter 1? Multiple answers are
okay!”
Options: sad, angry, hopeful, determined,
worried, excited, I’d feel all these things!
VO:
Click each word in the vocabulary ocean
for a deeper dive!
VO for each layer:
Nocturnal. Active during the nighttime
rather than during the day. Dave is
nocturnal. That’s why he starts work after
sunset.
Bellhop. A hotel employee who greets
guests, helps them with luggage, and leads
them to their rooms. Dave Wombat is a
bellhop.
Carapace. A hard, outer shell that covers
the back of certain animals. Chrissy
Christmas Beetle is proud of her shiny
carapace.
FB:
That’s all for vocabulary. Let’s nish this
lesson with uent reading from the book!
Vocab ocean interactive. Learner clicks a
word to reveal a layer.
“Nocturnal:
Active during the nighttime rather than
during the day.
In a sentence:
Raccoons are nocturnal animals who
forage for food at night.”
“Bellhop:
A hotel employee who greets guests, helps
them with luggage, and leads them to their
rooms.
In a sentence:
The bellhop rolled the heavy bags into the
hotel lobby.”
“Carapace:
A hard, outer shell that covers the back of
certain animals.
In a sentence:
The turtle peeked at me from under its
carapace.”
CONTINUE button appears when all three
words are clicked. When user clicks
CONTINUE, FB plays
Scene 4 – Fluent Reading
VOICEOVER
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VO:
When reading is too slow or happening just
one… word… at… a… time, it’s hard to pay
attention.
Text from VO wipes on screen, then ‘NO’
icon (X) covers the halting words.
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Fluent reading keeps us interested! It
sounds like talking—smooth, natural, and
expressive.
(That means you read with feeling.)
“Fluent Reading”
“It sounds like talking.”
“Smooth, natural, and expressive”
VO:
Here’s a passage from our story about
Dave’s neighbors. Just follow along for now
and listen to me read.
Everyone knew about Dave’s problem
getting to work on time. Night after night,
they’d watch from their windows. Dave
would run to the bus stop, half in his
uniform and half still getting it on. They all
hoped their neighbor—who was a very
friendly wombat—would make his 7:50
bus. But more often than not, the time
would come, the bus would arrive, and
Dave would still be snoring in a bed two
blocks away.
Heading “Listen to me” drops in at top
Heading pulls back up
VO:
Could you hear that my reading was uent?
Let me point out some tips!
I always pay attention to punctuation when
I read. Click the commas in this paragraph.
There are ve. If you need help, click Show
All.
FB:
Commas, like these, tell me to pause a
little, then keep reading the sentence.
Heading “Punctuation” drops in.
Comma Counter appears
commas HL when clicked, add to the
counter
Show All button points out commas.
Continue button appears when all commas
are HL’d
Comma Counter pulls back up when
CONTINUE is clicked
VO:
Let’s see what YOU can do. I’ll divide the
passage in half
Click PLAY to listen to my example and
then you’ll read after me.
Heading “Read after me” enters
Split slide into a launch slide with 2 layers.
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[reads half] Now you. When you’re done
click, next.
Click PLAY to hear me read the second
half.
[reads half, plus the following] Did you hear
how the line in between these dashes is
like a little interruption? You try reading this
half. When you’re done click, next.
Each layer has a play button. It also has a
hidden NEXT button that reveals after VO
reads the half-passage.
Text between dashes underlines.
Heading pulls back up when NEXT clicked
VO:
I want to read this whole passage all at
once, with you reading right alongside me.
The goal here is to keep up with my pace!
Put your eyes on the rst line, and get ready
to read on three! Ready? One, two, three!
[insert passage]
Heading “Let’s read together” enters
Heading pulls back up at transition
VO:
Good work! Give this passage one more
read. Do it out loud, and all by yourself!
When you nish. Click I’m DONE.
Heading “Read by yourself” enters
“I’m Done” arrow appears
Heading pulls back up at transition
Scene 5 – Closing
VOICEOVER
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VO:
That’s the end of our lesson today. Join me
next time to read chapter 2 and nd out if
Dave can invent a solution to his problem!
Cover onscreen
Reading Together graphic appears
