1. Watch the Birdhouse (Part 1) video with your readers
2. Use the activity guide to generate the set-up of the story

Name and Describe the character:

1. Say
   First, we have to name the character.  
2. Ask
   What is this character’s name?
   (Her name is Kim.)

Describe where the character is:

1. Say
   Next, we have to think about where the character is to figure out a setting.  
2. Ask
   What clues do you see in the picture about the setting?
   (There are tools, a hammer, and nails.)
3. Say
   So Kim seems to be in a workshop.

Describe what the character is doing:

1. Say
   Finally, I need to think about what the character is doing. Think about the clues that you see. 
2. Ask
   What do you think Kim is doing?
   (She is making something with wood, a hammer, and nails.)

Support readers to realize what the character, Kim, is making a birdhouse by taking a brief look at the next picture in the story sequence: Ask

What clues are there about what she is making?
(I see she is painting a little house with a hole in it. That makes me think it is a house for a bird or a birdhouse.)

Model generating the story set-up: Say  

Now I am going to put all our ideas together to tell the set-up of the story. 

Let me tell you the story so far, with all the things we figured out about the character and the setting. 

One day Kim decides to make a birdhouse in her workshop.  So she got some wood, nails, and a hammer.

Have readers take turns retelling the set-up of the story following your model. Support readers as necessary.