1. Mack MacLean, Kid Detective

2. Title: Mack MacLean, Kid Detective
Reading Goal: Clarifying
Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening
Genre: Narrative
Author: Terrence Parker

3. Partially: incomplete
I ran out of time, so I left the math problem only partially completed.

4. misplaced: lost
It took Juan quite a while to find his misplaced socks.

5. Perusing: reading over, scanning
While perusing the cans of soup at the market, a bright green can caught my eye.

6. local: from the area
Our town is excited about Kobe Bryant, our local professional basketball player.

7. faintest : lightest, hardest to hear
The baby chick’s cheeps were the faintest sounds of all the noises in the barnyard.

8. deeds: actions
The hero was rewarded for all of his past good deeds.

9. compliment : nice thing to say
Tanya’s mother thanked Tanya for the compliment after Tanya said, “That’s a nice dress , Mom.”

10. darted : moved quickly
The quick hummingbird darted around the leaves of the honeysuckle bush.

11. Review Vocabulary with Partner
Can you say it?
Can you define it?
Can you say it in a sentence?

12. Thinking about and explaining what words mean is clarifying!

13. Clarify
What are some of the things I did when I came to a word that I did not understand?
Let’s tae a look at our strategy cards.

14. Building Background
Story map what has happened so far.

15. Test Day

16. What can we do to clarify?
Stop when you come to a word you can’t pronounce.
Look at your strategy card
Try strategies to say the word and figure out it’s meaning
Ask your partner for help
Use sticky notes to mark words or parts that you can’t figure out.

17. Team Talk
Let’s preview the questions on page 9 of your treasure hunt.

18. Test Day20 minutes
Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you pages 23-24
Read Silently: Page 23-24
Answer test questions 2, 3, and 5
Vocabulary 1-7
Make a prediction about what will happen next week in the story.

19. Team Discussion-15minutes
Discuss answers to test questions

20. Class Discussion What words did your group clarify?
What page was it on?
How do you say it?
What does it mean?

21. Vocabulary Vault

22. Book Club

23. Scoring Guide
You answer the question 25 points Your answer explains or describes with at least two details 25 points Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it 20 points Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences 20 points Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation 10 points

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

25. Fluency – 5 min
Page 6

26. Fluency Rubric 100 points Expressiveness Smoothness
Rate and correctness
90 points Smoothness
80 points Rate and correctness
70 points Correctness