The Lost Stream: read-along
The Lost Stream as a read-along for the projector: 13 pages, 1935 words, level 16, beyond grade 8.
Page 1 of 13
Behind Juno's school in Carrow Bridge there was a stream that simply stopped. It came chattering down off the moor, slipped beneath the fence at the corner of the playing field, and meandered along the bottom of the hedge for a few hundred yards, and then, beside a crooked hawthorn tree, it poured into a hollow in the grass and vanished. There was no pond and no drain, only a funnel of mossy boulders, a sound like an enormous bath emptying, and then silence. Juno had observed it from the fence every lunchtime since September, with the permission of Mr. Abara, her science teacher, who called it the swallow hole and admitted cheerfully that nobody knew where the water went. Juno found this outrageous, because an entire stream could not simply be misplaced, like a glove. It had to come out somewhere, and she was determined to discover where, even if it took all year.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 16, beyond grade 8
- 13 pages, 1935 words, about 14 minutes aloud
- A story, gentle
Related
About The Lost Stream
The stream behind Juno's school pours into a hole in the grass and vanishes, and everybody is sure it comes out at the old spring downhill. When the glowing green dye turns up in the wrong place, Juno looks at the stripes in a road cutting and follows the rock into the dark.
Words to preview
- limestone (LIME-stone)
- soft gray rock
- acidic (uh-SID-ik)
- slightly sour
- fluorescent (flor-ESS-ent)
- glowing brightly
- detectors (dih-TEK-terz)
- finding devices
- inconclusive (in-kun-KLOO-siv)
- not settled
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does The Lost Stream take to read aloud?
It has 13 pages and 1935 words, so about 14 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is The Lost Stream?
Level 16, beyond grade 8. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; levels above 13 are beyond grade 8 and have no grade. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
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Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library. It is not copied from a published book.
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