1. SFA Thursday

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

3. Title: Grandfather’s Journey Reading Goal: Setting Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone participates Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Allan Say

4. The big blue whale is the largest animal on Earth; they should call it the enormous blue whale! enormous:huge

5. Jerry’s math homework was so hard that it bewildered him. bewildered: confused

6. Clara marveled at the Empire State Building because she’d never seen anything so huge. marveled:Stared in amazement

7. Some of the clowns in the parade scattered candy to the crowd. scattered:Tossed around

8. After her dog, Sneaky, ran away, Trina longed to see him just one more time. longed:wished

9. Everett tried to still the swelling of his ankle by putting ice on it. still:stop

10. Reading Goal: Setting Identify where and when a story takes place and pay attention to the importance of the setting in a story. This week we will read Grandfather’s Journey By Alan Say. Mr. Say’s grandfather lived in Japan and the United States and loved both countries very much. We will look at where this story takes place, which is called the setting. Good readers pay attention to the setting to better understand a story.

11. What has happened to socks so far? Pages 110-126

12. Let’s predict Page 71 TE P. 95

13. Team Talk Let’s preview the questions on page 25 of your treasure hunt.

14. Partner Read p. A:78 1 st half-B:78 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate page B:78 1 st half and A:78 Read page 79 silently Discuss with team words you clarified find vocabulary words

15. Team Discussion Pass out Team Discussion Cards Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 1 and 4

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

17. Adventures in Writing 15 min Treasure huntPage 25 Discuss with your table first.

18. Vocabulary Practice Treasure Hunt Page 26

19. Fluency 5 min Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6