2. Westlandia  Summary: Wesley dreams of a civilization that’s all his own where he can escape his own boring neighborhood. Will planting special seeds make his dream a reality?  Reading Goal: Problem and Solution  Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening

3. Vocabulary Rate and review the vocabulary words independently Review Vocabulary

4. Relax-loosen up Steve could finally relax after he was finished with her project, he loosened up after a long day.

5. Cure-fix Taking a walk is a great cure for when you’re feeling down, it usually fixes any ailments.

6. Stiff-unbending The pony’s legs were stiff after it was first born, but they loosened up after a while.

7. Impatient-anxious The audience was impatient and began chanting for the performers to start the show.

8. frustrating=-annoying, discouraging It was frustrating for Sean to try to build the model airplane without directions.

9. Nimble-flexible The nimble gymnast easily flipped through the air.

10. Partner Rate & Review-5 mintues Divide your words between you and your partner and test each other on the vocabulary. If your partner doesn’t know the word read them the definition and meaningful sentence.

11. Build Background- 10 minutes Reading goal: Identifying problem and solution: Imagine a young boy, a runner who had a big race coming up, but hadn’t trained enough. That would be problem, wouldn’t it? What are some ways he could solve this problem? Use think-pair-share to think of some ways to solve this problem. Many stories have a problem that a character faces. The characters in these stories have to try and come up with a solution to their problem

12. Problem and Solution A Day at the Pool Charlie and his friends decided to hang out all day at the community pool. It was a gorgeous day, so it seemed like a good idea. Once the kids got there, some of Charlie’s friends decided to jump off the highest diving board. But Charlie was afraid of heights. He didn’t know what to do. He didn’t want to seem scared in front of his friends, but he was. Charlie thought for a minute. Then he had an idea. He decided he would pretend he was Duke Dodger, his favorite action hero. Duke wasn’t afraid of anything. Charlie, pretending to be Duke, climbed up the ladder and leaped into the air.

13. Listening Comprehension- 15 minutes NewFangled Fairy Tales  Read pages 37-42  Discuss problem Charlie faces and solutions he comes up with  Clarify words  Retell story

14. Problem and Solution What was the problem?

16. Listening Comp What is problem?

17. Teamwork-15 minutes Take 2 minutes to survey the text and pick 2 words you want to clarify Partner read 398-399 with one partner reading a page and the other partner retelling what was read. Identify the problems and solution the character deals with. Discuss and Answer team talk questions Answer questions 2 and 3 in your journals

18. Question #2 What is Wesley's problem?

19. Vocabulary Activity-5 minutes Multiple Choice Practice Review answers

20. Fluency – 10 minutes Read page 398 Rate your partner fluency based on fluency rubric Be positive and constructive.