Unit 5

Make me laugh!

Reader's Notebook

Mountain Tamers

Mountain Tamers is the next story about the Fenton Street Four.


This story is another great one to practise the predict, infer, connect strategy, so remember to use it as you read.


  • Read the title and look at the pictures. Go to your Reading Strategy Chart and add your predictions to My Predictions for Part One for this story.
  • Read page 72 in Literacy in Action 4B. Pause and check your predictions. Then write new predictions to My Predictions for Part Two for the next part of the story.
  • Read page 73 in Literacy in Action 4B. Pause and check your predictions, think about the inferences and connections you made to other stories or your own life, and fill in the rest of the chart for this story.
  • Answer the questions about the story on the Reader's Notebook: Mountain Tamers worksheet.


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  1. Download the document Reader's Notebook: Mountain Tamers.
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      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
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      • You will then be able to view the document Reader's Notebook: Mountain Tamers.
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  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Mountain Tamers file in this format: jsmith_mountaintamers and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.