Word Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

fair

rich

absolutely

rent

rescued

vanish

Title: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Author: Judith Viorst

Genre: Narrative

Reading Goal: Identify cause-and-effect connections

Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates

What’s the purpose for reading?

• To be informed• To follow directions• To be entertained

Team Score Sheets

Who was the winning team this week?

What will your team goal be for this week?

Team Cooperation Goal

• Everyone Participates• What does this mean?

Review Vocabulary with your Partner

• Day 1• Partner A: 1-4• Partner B: 5-8

-Can you say the word?-Do you know what it means?-Can you use it in a sentence?

• Add page numbers to your vocabulary words as you read daily!

fairequal

It wasn’t fair that Ernest got a big piece of cake, while Ethan only got a small piece.

rich

A lot of money

“I am so rich,” said Pete. “I’ve saved all of my allowance for an entire year!”

absolutelydefinitely

Simone promised that she would absolutely remember to pick me up from school.

rentBorrow in exchange for somethingPat let Caroline rent his bike for an hour in exchange for a dollar.

rescuedsaved

The firefighters rescued the dog from the fire.

vanishdisappear

The magician made the rabbit vanish into thin air!

Think About the Following Event:Last night when I was getting ready to go to bed, one of my electrical fuses blew and I had no electricity in my house. It was still out this morning, so my alarm clock didn’t go off. I overslept, and I was late for school. This is actually a series of cause-and-effect connections….

An Electrical Fuse Blew

Out

The Electricity Was Gone

Alarm Clock Didn’t Go Off

I Was Late

Jennifer’s Party

Jennifer was getting ready for her yearly end-of-school party. She spent all night printing and stamping all of the invitations. Each person in her class was going to get one. Jennifer had to work very quickly to get the invitations ready before she left for school that morning. She was moving so fast that she didn’t notice that she forgot to put a stamp on Michelle’s invitation.

One the way to school, Jennifer dropped all of the invitations in the mailbox, including Michelle’s. Over the next few days, all of Jennifer’s classmates started talking about how excited they were about going to the party. By the end of the week, all of Jennifer’s classmates had gotten the invitations, all except for Michelle. Michelle didn’t say anything to Jennifer or anybody else, because she was embarrassed to be the only person left out.

On the day of the party, Jennifer happily watched all of her classmates having fun, but she couldn’t help but wonder where Michelle was. Later that afternoon, Jennifer opened her mailbox and saw Michelle’s invitation. It had been returned from the post office marked “No Postage.” Jennifer realized that she had made a terrible mistake.

Sometimes one cause can have many effects. See if you can find any cause and effect connections in the following passage:

Listening Comprehension

Dinosaurs Before Dark

• Annie and Jack are in a magical tree house. They get transported back in time to the Cretaceous period and see dinosaurs.

• As I read I will look for cause and effect connections.

• Pgs. 33-42

Now let’s look at your book

• Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday By Judith Vorst

• This story is about a boy who is not responsible with his money.

• Think: What is a way that you can be responsible with your money?

Preview Team Talkpg. 21

• Team Talk question #4 focuses on our reading goal: Cause and Effectr

Partner Reading

Reading Partner Listening Partner

1. Read a section 2. Listen3. Retell what the section was about

5. Listen6. Retell what the section was about

4. Read next section

Clarify! Ask questions!

Partner Reading – 15 minutesPartner Read- Page 70 and 71- As you read, stop to clarify- Retell what your partner read about- Ask questions and write them on your checklist

Silently Read – Page 72

• Practice fluency on page 48 and 49 if finished early

Team Discussion Clarify sticky words with your team

1. You MUST have AT LEAST one clarification• Share your two best questions Discuss the team talk questions Write your answers to # 1 and 2

Team Discussion

• Vocabulary Practice: page 21• If finished, practice fluency on page 70

Class Discussion

• What was something you clarified?• What were your 2 best questions?• Let’s look at our answers for the team talk

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