The Planets in Our Solar System
The Mystery of the Missing Lunch
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures4th Grade Unit 1 Week 1
Created by Teresa Wilson Desert Palms Elem. June
2010Introduction
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Read a mystery Make inferences and analyze text to come to a
conclusion about the plot or characters Identify the problem and
solution in the story
OBJECTIVESToday we will
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Assignments Assignments are tasks to complete.Consideration
Giving something consideration means taking time to think about
it.Accuse To accuse someone is to say that the person did something
wrong.Suspicious When something is suspicious to you, it makes you
feel distrustful.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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Evidence Evidence is used to show whether something is true.
Consume When you consume something, you use it up or eat it.
Allergies Allergies are physical symptoms caused by the bodys
overreaction to things.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
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GENRE: Mystery A mystery is a story in which the characters and
the reader must use clues to find the explanation for a troubling
event. In the beginning, the author describes a puzzling situation.
The characters in the story try to find out who did something or
how it happened.
STRATEGY: Make Inferences Authors do not always directly tell
the reader everything that is happening in a story. Good readers
use their own prior knowledge and clues from the text to make
inferences, or draw reasonable conclusions about the characters and
the plot. To make inferences, readers analyze, or think critically
about, the characters experiences and compare these to their own
experiences.
SKILL: Problem and Solution
In most plots, the main character has a problem that he or she
takes actions to solve. By the end of the story, the character
usually finds a solution to the problem.
PREVIEW & PREDICTWhen I say Go, take 1 minute to preview the
illustrations. Ask yourself: What could the problem be? How might
it get solved?On your index card, write your predictions. After we
listen to the selection, we will see if your questions were
answered.
FOCUS QUESTION Read to find out
Can you solve the mystery before Ramon does?
NOWyou will read along as we listen to.
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The Mystery of the Missing Lunch
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Lets Check our Predictions!Share with your criss-cross/shoulder
partner your predictions. Were they correct? Were you able to solve
the mystery before Ramon did?
TOMORROW WE WILL
Use our Problem and Solution Chart to answer the Comprehension
Check questions on page 37.
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
Think about a time when you lost something.
How did you try to find it?
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