Tanya’s Reunion By: Valerie Flournoy American Stories Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 1 Taught By: Mr. Williams

Making Inferences Title, Illustrations, & Captions Looking carefully at illustrations that can provide details that were not explicitly noted in the text. Often captions can have vital information in understanding pictures within a text. What You Have Read So Far Try to figure out what the author is thinking by noticing both details the author writes and details the author leaves out. Watch for writing techniques such as foreshadowing which gives clues for what is to come. Prior Knowledge & Experiences Using your own prior knowledge to make text to self and text to world connections is an important tool in making inferences. Don’t forget to use knowledge of books you have read in the past to make text to text connections that can help you infer information.

No Plans? No Problem! Comprehension Skill: Making Inferences What details tell you that L’Enfant was a proud man? How did L’Enfant feel about his assistants? How do you know? Why was Banneker able to remember L’Enfant’s designs so exactly? What does this show about Banneker’s skills?

Decoding Root Words sign & spect What is a Root Word? sign To mark signal signature signify spect To look at inspect spectacles expected

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Key Reunion Vocabulary arrangements persisted Plans made beforehand, preparation Continued repeatedly without giving up gathering pitches in A coming together of people Helps others out to get the job done great-uncle homestead A grandparent’s brother A house with land and buildings on it

Tanya’s Reunion Inference Outline After reading each page, use Practice Book p. 132 to compile Inferences of the selection. At the end of the story use the information you have gathered to describe the structural elements on the back of your sheet. Make sure you are detailing the prior knowledge used to make each inference. Remember, only you have those experiences so you must describe very well. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

Tanya’s Reunion By: Valerie Flournoy American Stories Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 2 Taught By: Mr. Williams

arrangements

gathering

great-uncle

homestead

persisted

pitches in

Key Reunion Vocabulary arrangements persisted Plans made beforehand, preparation Continued repeatedly without giving up gathering pitches in A coming together of people Helps others out to get the job done great-uncle homestead A grandparent’s brother A house with land and buildings on it

Tanya’s Reunion With your partner, discuss questions 1-6 on page 212 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions. 1. Who is the main character in the story? 3. How are the characters lives changed by moving to the new place 4. Have you ever felt like the main character did in the story when they moved to a new place? 2. Where do the characters go in the story?

Comprehension Strategy: Making Inferences Using a Frame and Arrow Map, sequence what you think at the five most important events of the story.

Dictionary Entry Words

Tanya’s Reunion By: Valerie Flournoy American Stories Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 3 Taught By: Mr. Williams

Key Reunion Vocabulary arrangements persisted Plans made beforehand, preparation Continued repeatedly without giving up gathering pitches in A coming together of people Helps others out to get the job done great-uncle homestead A grandparent’s brother A house with land and buildings on it

Dictionary Entry Words Some words are not used as entry words in the dictionary. Plural forms of nouns such as foxes, cousins, elephants, and pennies are not used as entry words. -ed and –ing forms of verbs such as crying, studying, listened, and raised are not used as entry words. -er and –est forms of adjectives such as faster, higher, biggest, and brightest are not used as entry words.

Extreme Partner Reading First Step: Read the story summary quietly to yourself. If you finish before time is up, read through it again. Second Step: Now that you have read through the story summary, go through it again using hand gestures as you read. If you finish before time is up, read through it again with gestures. Third Step: Turn to your partner and take turns reading the summary with lots of expression. Fourth Step: With your partner, take turns reading with passage with lots of expression and gestures. Last Step: Using your best expression, ask your partner three questions about what you have read. When you are asked, be sure to answer with intense expressions.

Tanya’s Reunion By: Valerie Flournoy American Stories Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 4 Taught By: Mr. Williams

Decoding Root Words sign & spect What is a Root Word? sign To mark signal signature signify spect To look at inspect spectacles expected

Key Reunion Vocabulary arrangements persisted Plans made beforehand, preparation Continued repeatedly without giving up gathering pitches in A coming together of people Helps others out to get the job done great-uncle homestead A grandparent’s brother A house with land and buildings on it

Tanya’s Reunion By: Valerie Flournoy American Stories Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 5 Taught By: Mr. Williams

Key Reunion Vocabulary Make sure your name, date, and assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper. Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket. Finish your Mountain Language. Finish any other unfinished work.