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In the beginning of the story she really loved the name that her parents chose for her, but not now. She must be so sad (empathy to character). He must really want us to see that Chrysanthemum believes everything that the students are saying about her name. Put another Post-it here and say, “Wow, Kevin Henkes said that again. The students tell her that she even looks like a flower, and that a chrysanthemum is a flower that lives in a garden with worms and other dirty things. The next day Chrysanthemum returns to school and the teasing continues. (Teaching point- cause and effect- the students tease her and she no longer likes her name.)

Chrysanthemum is upset about her name because the other students are teasing her”. “Chrysanthemum wilted” must mean that she felt pretty bad about herself and pretty sad. Hmm, I know that plants wilt when they don’t have water (lean over in the chair as if to be a wilting flower). Place a sticky note this page and think aloud: “Wilted. She did not think her name was absolutely perfect. On the next page, at roll call, everyone in her class giggled upon hearing Chrysanthemum’s name and for three more pages of the book the students in the story tease her about her name. Put a Post-it on this page and think aloud: “Wow, Chrysanthemum believes she has a perfect name, just like her parents said.” (Teaching Point: cause and effect- her parents said she had a perfect name and she believed it.)

Chrysanthemum thought her name was absolutely perfect.

Her parents told her that her name was absolutely perfect, like she was, and she believed it. She loved the way it sounded and looked on paper. In the first few pages of the book, before Chrysanthemum began school, we learn that she loved her name. Think Aloud: Chrysanthemum (Henkes, 2005) It’s a great book to use for lessons on friendship, bullying, feelings and/or self-esteem. Instead of having the students discuss the story by way of turn-and-talks, use the think aloud plan to model what you are thinking in your mind (i.e., comprehension) to the students. You are still doing a read aloud, but without interaction from the students. Provided is a model of how to think aloud about Chrysanthemum’s dilemma of being teased about her name and the effect that the teasing caused to her self-esteem. This is a planned think aloud using the book, Chrysanthemum. The first article in the series will help to make this lesson easier to understand. A think aloud is a little bit different from a read aloud and I use the book Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes as a think aloud lesson. I strongly recommend reading my first article in this series, Think Aloud the New Read Aloud, before reading this read aloud lesson.