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

2. Title: Because of Winn Dixie Reading Goal: Cause and Effect Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening Genre: Narrative Author: Kate DiCamillo

3. experience: something lived through Timmy had the experience of losing a tooth many times.

4. properly : correctly Anna scored an A+ on her test because she answered the all the questions properly.

5. peculiar: strange Larry was a peculiar person, everyday at 12:00am he bursts out yelling, “The spaceship is coming! The spaceship is coming!”

6. wrinkled : not smooth Jen’s shirt was wrinkled because she slept in it.

7. grand : very good Mimi thought having ice cream for breakfast was a grand idea

8. Difficult : hard Jerome thought his math homework was too difficult to finish in one hour.

9. Vocabulary Vault

10. Building Background On the first day of school, it was raining. Lily was wearing her new dress. Lily’s mother told her to not splash in any puddles on the way to school, but Lily loved splashing in puddles and couldn’t resist. As soon as she got off the bus, she stomped in a great big puddle and made a wonderful splash. She got dirty water all over her new dress and went to school wet. What cause and effect connection is in this example?

11. Cause and Effect Connections Cause The cause is the reason why an event happens. Ask yourself “why did it happen?” Effect The effect is what happened. Ask yourself “what happened?” becausesoso thatif...then consequentlythussincefor for this reasonas a resultthereforedue to this is hownevertheless Signal Words

14. Partner Read- 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 24 Read page 276-277 silently Discuss with team words you clarified find vocabulary words

15. Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 3 and 4

16. Class Discussion What words did your group clarify? Why does India show Winn Dixie how to stand up and look in the window? Why does India run up to the library?

17. Writing Adventures- 15 min Think about one of your friends. Do you remember how you meet and became friends? Tell how you met your friend. Tell why you are friends with this person.

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

19. Fluency – 5 min Pg 25, paragraphs 1 and 3