Mr. Putter

Tabby

The characters are:

Author: Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia on June 6, 1954. She grew up with her mother and grandparents in Beaver, West Virginia. Growing up, she liked comic books, pets, pajama parties, and the Beatles.

Now Cynthia Rylant lives in Oregon with her son and two cats.

"Playing is the greatest training you can have for being a writer."

"Every part of life can be art." "Let us never forget the power of what a story can do."

The ____________ writes the stories.

The author is Cynthia Rlylant

The ___________ draws the pictures.

The illustrator is Arthur Howard

Mr. Putter loves toys. He’s old and he knows he

shouldn’t love them anymore. But he does. His cat

Tabby is especially bothered by toys that fly. So

when Mr. Putter brings home a little toy biplane that’s

supposed to really fly, he and Tabby are in for quite

an adventure.

author

illustrator

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Realistic fiction is a story about characters who act like real people.

Look for:

Events that could happen in the real world.

A setting that could be a real place.

1.cranes

2.directions

3. promise

4.twitch

5.worry

Vocabulary for “Mr. Putter and Tabby:

Fly the Plane”

1.Put your reading book on your

desk.

2.Open your book to the

glossary.

3.When you see the word, find it

in your glossary.

machines with long, movable arms used to lift things

This man is directing the crane driver.

- instructions on how to do something

This book gives clear directions on how to use a sewing machine.

•Julie and Kathie made a promise to be friends forever.

Pledge or statement made by a person telling that he or she will do something

Did you see the mother rabbit’s nose twitch when she smelled the lettuce in our garden?

• to move with a sharp, quick movement

This toad’s biggest worry is

a little dog named Molly.

- to think that bad things may happen

A. cranes - machines with long, movable arms

used to lift things

B. directions - instructions on how to do

something

C. promise - statement made by a person

telling that he or she will do something

D. twitch - to move with a sharp, quick

movement

E. worry - to think that bad things may

happen

• Say the words.

• Read the sentences.

• Fill in the blank

These ______ are being used to lift heavy containers.

cranes

worry

twitch

promise

directions

I decided not to _____ about the math test because I studied with Mom.

twitch

worry

cranes

promise

directions

A map can give us __________ to the park.

cranes

twitch

directions

worry

promise

Grandma had a ______ in her left eye.

cranes

promise

worry

directions

twitch

I _________ Mom I would not make a mess.

worry

directions

promised

cranes

twitch

1. promise – ___

2. directions ___

3. worry –___

4. cranes – ___

5. twitch –__

A. machines with long, movable arms used to lift things

B. instructions on how to do something

C. statement made by a person telling that he or she will do something

D. to move with a sharp, quick movement

E. to think that bad things may happen

B

E

C

D

A

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