Unit 4

What do kids like to do?

Lesson 12

Reader's Notebook

Abracadabra, A Chain Of Clips!

In this selection, you get to perform a magic trick with paper clips, a hat, and a book.



Click each coloured row for information about the assignment.

What do you think of when you hear the word "magic"? Write or sketch your first two ideas in your Reader's Notebook.


View page 44 in Literacy in Action 4B. Why do you think the author wrote this article? What strategies can help you read and follow the directions? Write your answers on your Reader's Notebook worksheet.




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Read the steps in the magic trick.


The purpose of this selection is that magic is more than just performing the trick; it is also about following the steps and picture clues to help you read.

This procedure, or process, provides numbered steps to follow to help you learn something new.
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Game

Go to Writing Instructions to play a game to help you learn to write instructions.
In your Reader's Notebook worksheet, explain three places where you might find directions or similar pieces of writing. What reading strategy or strategies have you found to be helpful when you are reading?

Ask your parents or siblings for the necessary material to perform this trick.


Practise the trick and perform it for your family or friends. You may try the other trick on page 46 of Literacy in Action 4B as well.

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  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Abracadabra, A Chain of Clips! file in this format: jsmith_abracadabra and save the file to your Documents folder.