Sailing Home By Gloria Rand

Set the Stage! Today you will begin reading Sailing Home, which is a historical fiction about a family that lives on a boat. As you read, you will identify cause-and-effect connections in the text. Good readers use cause-and-effect connections to understand why things happen in texts.

Reading/Team Cooperation Goal Today’s reading objective will be cause and effect. Students will identify the cause of something and what the effect of that events is and connect that to the reading. Today’s team cooperation goal is active listening. Active listeners look at the person talking, keep eye contact, listen carefully and ask questions.

Sailing Home By Gloria Rand Day : 1 Reading Goal: Cause and effect Team Cooperation Goal:Active Listeners Genre: Historical fiction

Rate and Review signaled spotted seldom delicious cargo exchanged Rate and review your vocabulary words by yourself. Ask yourself : Can you read the word? Can you define the word? Can you use the word in a sentence? Be honest with yourself.

Review Vocabulary with Partner- 5min Can you pronounce it Can you give the definition Can you use it in a sentence

Check out our vocabulary words!

cargo freight The train’s cargo was a shipment of Christmas trees that were being sent to Disneyland.

signaled communicated The crossing guard signaled to the children that it was safe to cross the road.

Ms. Cook seldom gives homework because she is so nice. rarely Ms. Cook seldom gives homework because she is so nice.

Breana exchanged the Rhianna CD for the new Chris Brown CD. traded Breana exchanged the Rhianna CD for the new Chris Brown CD.

spotted saw Antonia spotted Zac Efron in a store when she was in Hollywood and asked for his autograph.

delicious Very tasty The delicious cake was sitting on the counter just begging to be eaten.

Building Background- Cause and Effect Imagine what would happen if somebody did all their homework every day. What would be the result? Cause: What makes something happen Effect: Something that happens

Cause and effect Cause: What makes something happen Effect: Something that happens One day Jerry ran to his house and told his mom to call 911. His parents lived next door to Mrs. Perkins. When Jerry was coming home from school, he saw smoke coming out of Mrs. Perkins’ kitchen window, and immediately got his mom to call for help. The firefighters came and put out the fire and helped Mrs. Perkins. She had fallen down while cooking something and had hurt her leg. She couldn’t reach the phone and could not turn off the stove while she was on the floor. This started a fire. Mrs. Perkins thanked Jerry for his help. He told her he always wanted to be a firefighter.

Listening Comprehension: Superfudge

Sailing Home Prepare to read Sailing Home is historical fiction. Historical fiction is based on real events, but contains details that the author added using her imagination. Preview Team Talk questions

Partner Read- 15 minutes As you read through the pages identify unfamiliar words. Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you. As you read you will use your clarification strategies to define the word or idea. Restate each page (or paragraph) as you read (summarizing) Read and restate pages 522 with partners Read 523 silently Discuss and answer all Team Talk Questions Answer 2 and 3 in your journals New skill-Recipicol Teaching Clarifying Questioning Predicting Summarizing

Class Discussion-10 minutes What words did you clarify? Who wants to restate the information? Lets answer the Team Talk questions!

Adventures in Writing- 15 min Page in Treasure Hunt Imagine your house was a boat and that you lived on the sea. What would your life be like? What kinds of things would your do for fun?

Vocabulary Practice-10 min Complete vocabulary practice on page

Fluency – 5 min Read page 494 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.