Check Your Progress

1) Record Comprehension and Vocabulary score2) Did you meet your Goal? If “yes” give yourself

5 points!3) Record Vocabulary Vault score4) Record Adventures in Writing score5) Add and record Team Cooperation score6) Read and Response, give yourself 1 point for

every day I signed. (up to 5 points)7) File all old papers

New Job

• Check the board for this weeks job• Fill out your new team score sheetTeam NameStart Date: 3-4-09Unit Title: 10 Ways to Help Save WildlifeStrategy Target: Fact and Opinion

Jane Goodall’s 10 Ways to Help Save

Wildlifeby

Jane Goodall

Team Cooperation GoalEveryone Participates

Title: Jane Goodall’s 10 Ways to Help Save Wildlife

Reading Goal: Fact and OpinionTeam Cooperation Goal:

Everyone ParticipatesGenre: ExpositoryAuthor: Jane Goodall

cautious: careful, safe Ben was cautious when crossing the street; he always looked both ways.

habits: routines, repeatingSammy’s morning habits included brushing her teeth and hair.

marvelous: wonderfulSheila had a marvelous time at the park and asked when she could go again.

apologize: say sorryKenny did not apologize for braking my toy.

avoid: stay away fromTry to avoid the rocky area of the trail, because it’s dangerous.

observe: watch, see I want you to observe how I swim on my back.

Review Vocabulary with Partner

Can you say it?Can you define it?Can you use it in a sentence?

Building Background

Can you define fact and opinion?

FactIt can be proven

OpinionTells how someone feels

Building Background

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American cargo ship. Carrying iron ore one winter evening in November of 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank ina storm while crossong Lake Superior. Twenty-nine men, including CaptainErnest McSorley, died when the ship sank. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald was the saddest maritime disaster in American history. Everyone should remember the heroes who died on board.

Building Background

• Can you and your partner identify facts and opinions from passage?

Can you identify fact and opinion? P. 4-13

Jane Goodall’s 10 Ways to Help Save

Wildlifeby

Jane Goodall

Partner Read 15 minutes

Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you pages 214-216

Partner Read p. A:214-B:216Restate page B:214 and A:216Read Silently: Page 214-216Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Team Discussion-15minutes

• Discuss answers to team talk questions• Write answers to question 1 and 4

Team Talk

1. Why did Jane Goodall write a list of ways to help animals? (write) {CE}

2. Which of the following ideas is an opinion in the text? {FO}a. Tapeworms are disgusting.b. Bees sting and sharks bite.c. Jane has never been hurt by an animal.d. Jane wrote about tips to help animals.

3. Why should we respect animals? {CE}4. Do you think Jane Goodall’s feeling about animals will

change if she had been hurt by one? Explain your answer. (write) {DC}

Class Discussion

• What words did your group clarify?

Writing Adventures- 15 min

What is your favorite animal? Tell two things about this animal.

Scoring Guide

You answer the question 25 pointsYour answer explains or describeswith at least two details 25 pointsYour answer makes sense and hasPart of the question in it 20 pointsYour answer is written in complete,correct sentences 20 pointsYour writing has correct capitalizationand punctuation 10 points

Vocabulary Practice-10 min

• Divide your words with partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.

Fluency – 5 min

• Page 214

Fluency Rubric

100 points ExpressivenessSmoothnessRate and correctness

90 points SmoothnessRate and correctness

80 points Rate and correctness70 points Correctness