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Lewis and Clark

Help and Encourage Others Team Cooperation Goal Help and Encourage Others

Title: Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale Reading Goal: Characterization Team Cooperation Goal: Help and encourage Genre: Fiction Author: Laurie Myers

Some men were unloading a boat’s cargo onto the wharf. boat dock Some men were unloading a boat’s cargo onto the wharf.

deeper parts channels: The sailors dug channels into the bottom of the stream because their boats got stuck in the deeper part.

shallow: less deep My mother only lets me go in the shallow end of the pool because it’s less deep.

current: movement of water The stream’s current carried my toy boat very far away with the movement of the water.

urge: strong want When I saw how tall the roller coaster was, I had an urge to run away, it was a strong want.

bulged: popped out Frida’s purse bulged because she had stuffed too many cookies inside, it was popping out.

Vocabulary Vault

Reading Goal: Characterization What kind of person: Uses kind words Shares their toys Helps others Takes other peoples things Uses mean words Helps only themselves Nice Respectful Mean Disrespectful

Characterization How does the author help us understand Allison’s character? Good readers pay attention to characterization to understand stories better.

Socks no longer feels like the center of attention in the Brickers’ house. Their baby keeps them to busy to pay much attention to a cat. Pages 52-66

Let’s predict Page 44 Lewis and Clark were very famous explorers they went into the Wild West on a mission for President Thomas Jefferson more than 200 years ago. I never knew they had a big dog with them. I wonder what the dog was like, and what kinds of things he did on such a long trip.

Team Talk Why does Seaman’s owner tell Lewis he’d be “perfect for your trip?” Describe how Seaman feels about Lewis. Why does Seaman wait to fetch the stick Lewis threw? Why does Seaman think that Lewis will never need a rope to use as a leash again?

Partner Read p. 46-47 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 46 Read page 48 silently Discuss with team words you clarified find vocabulary words

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

#1 Reads the Question #2 Answers the Question #3 Agrees or disagrees with evidence from the text #4 Summarizes what the groups discussed

Class Discussion What are some of the words you clarified? Describe how Seaman feels about Lewis. Why does Seaman think that Lewis will never need a rope to use as a leash again?

Adventures in Writing 15 min Imagine you were going on an exciting adventure. What kind of animal would you take with you? Describe the animal and how it will help you on your journey. Discuss with your table first.

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

Vocabulary Practice Treasure Hunt Page 13

Fluency 5 min Pg 46, paragraphs 1-6

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