SFA Monday

VocabularyCan you pronounce itDo know the definition Can you use it in a sentence

Title: Grace and the Time MachineReading Goal: CharacterizationTeam Cooperation Goal: Everyone ParticipatesGenre: PlayAuthor: Mary Hoffman

Sometimes I try to write with my right hand instead of my left, and my writing feels very awkward.

awkward: Strange

Grandma says Grandpa is not very helpful around the house, and when she has work to do, she sends him to the store.

helpful: useful

Crossing the street without looking both ways first is very dangerous.

dangerous: Not safe

Thomas Edison is famous for inventing many things, including the light bulb.

inventing: creating

My cat likes to prowl around the yard, trying to catch birds

prowl: stalk

Jerome made a heavenly painting of flowers in bright sunshine.

heavenly: lovely

Reading Goal: Characterization

The words an author uses to tell the reader about the character.

Example: Sarah got sent to Mr. Worthman everyday.

What do we know about Sarah?

Sarah gets into a lot of trouble.

Reading Goal: Characterization

What kind of person:Uses kind wordsShares their toysHelps others

What kind of person:Takes other peoples thingsUses mean wordsHelps only themselves

Nice

Respectful

Mean

Disrespectful

On the way to the bus stop before school, Barry found a moth struggling in a puddle of water on the sidewalk. He picked it up and put it in the dry grass, in the parking lot at school he saw a worm baking in the sun, and he carried it over the bushes, where it quickly dug into the soil. In homeroom Barry was on the Pet Patrol. He cleaned the hamster cage the turtle tank, the fish bowl and the bird cage two times a week.

At lunchtime, Barry stopped some boys who were going to step on a spider. Barry picked the spider up with a piece of paper and carried it outside and let it go. At home Barry had a cage full of mice he caught in the kitchen with a clever trap. He had stopped his mother from using mouse poison on them. He also had a jar full of spiders he had rescued from the bathtub.

Pages TE p. 290

Pages 61-72

Let’s predict Page 193

TE P. 290

Team TalkLet’s preview the questions on

page 73 of your treasure hunt.

Partner Read 15 minutes

Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you

Partner Read p. A:194-B:195Restate page B:194 and A:195Read Silently: Page 194-197Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Team Discussion• Pass out Team Discussion Cards

• Discuss answers to team talk questions• Write answers to question 1 and 3

Class Discussion• What are some of the words you clarified?• Answer questions 1-4

Adventures in Writing 15 min

Treasure hunt page 73Discuss with your table first.

Vocabulary Practice

Treasure Hunt Page 73

Fluency 5 min

• Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6