1. Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat
By Patricia Reilly Giff

2. Day 1: Launching
Genre: Realistic fiction (a story that could really happen but is made up)
Summary-Each person on a team has something special to offer. Read to find out what Ronald offers his team.

3. Day 1: Essential Question
What character traits can we use to describe Ronald Morgan?

4. Day 1: Listen to reading
Zoom in: Listen to me read this. Can you hear my voice go up and down at the period or question mark? Notice how I pause at a comma then read on.

5. Day 1: Turn and Talk I can answer WWWW and H questions
Who is telling the story? Is this first person or third person?
What does the author mean by “the ball sailed into the trees?”
Put your finger on one strong detail the author uses. How does this detail make her writing strong like our stories?

6. Day 2: Choral Reading I can retell a story and include important details
Let’s reread the story together
Track each word with your eye or finger and match your words to mine

7. Day 2: Task I can retell a story and include important details
Let’s review the beginning, middle, and end of the story by summarizing. B: M: E:
Now let’s put our ideas into a comic strip!
Does our comic correctly summarize the B,M,E?

8. Day 3: Making Meaning I can use the story to help me learn new words
Preview the story and put your eyes on these words
deserve page 207
certainly page 210
spirit page 211
Read knees to knees with your partner
As you get to each word, try to figure out the meaning with your partner by using clues from the text.

9. Day 3: Making Meaning
Vocabulary Bingo!

10. Day 4: Gathering Evidence
Summarize this story and explain the lesson it teaches. Include two details from the story to support your answer.
Let’s get started together!

11. Day 5: Closure Reader’s Theater
Each table will be assigned a scene
I will assign roles
You will have 10 minutes to practice with your groups

12. Day 5: Closure Let’s perform by groups!
Did you notice other readers’ voices going up and down at periods and commas?