1. Vocabulary Can you pronounce it Do know the definition Can you use it in a sentence

2. Title: Beyond the Sky Reading Goal: Questioning Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening Genre: Expository Author: Tanya Jackson

3. group The assembly at school was a good place for the principal to talk to all the students. assembly:

4. seems It appears that he is out but look closely. appears:

5. send The radio station will transmit the sound and your radio will pick it up. transmit:

6. even The people rowed the boat to a steady drum beat. steady:

7. Up-to-date, new We drive cars in modern days, but long ago people rode in horse-drawn buggies. modern: Modernold

8. improvements Holly made great advances on her report card by studying and doing well on tests. advances:

9. cross The hikers had to traverse the entire desert before they found water. traverse:

10. What something is made of The makeup of the group is friends and relatives, so everyone will know everyone. makeup:

11. Building Background Remember we have been talking about summarizing. Summarizing helps us understand what we have read. We can make a tree map to help us organize our summary. Remember: use texts features to help you find main ideas. Leave out ideas that are less improtant. Title Main Idea

12. Sonic BOOM! The year was 1947. On an October morning, test pilot Charles “Chuck” Yeager sealed himself into his X-1 plane. It was a rocket-powered plane. Yeager and the plane shot down the runway. His plane soared into the air. Yeager pressed sown on the throttle. The plane went faster and faster through the air. Then all of a sudden, the X-1 hit the speed of Mach 1. A deafening BOOM rang out. Until that day, no pilot had ever flown a plane faster than the speed of sound. The sound the plane made was the sonic boom. It’s the sound that occurs whenever something goes faster than the speed of sound, or breaks the sound barrier. Many planes can now travel that fast, or faster.

13. Beyond the Sky Page 48 Preview team talk questions page 25

14. Partner Read- 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 49 Read page 49 silently Fill in one main idea and supporting details Discuss with team words you clarified find vocabulary words Title Main Idea

15. Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 2 and 4

16. Class Discussion What words did your group clarify? Why does India show Winn Dixie how to stand up and look in the window? Why does India run up to the library?

17. Writing Adventures- 15 min Think about one of your friends. Do you remember how you meet and became friends? Tell how you met your friend. Tell why you are friends with this person.

18. Vocabulary Practice-10 min Divide your words with partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.

19. Fluency – 5 min Pg 25, paragraphs 1 and 3