Warm Up What does the word glee mean in the following sentence? I was filled with glee when I got home and saw that my parents had gotten me a new puppy. Anger Sadness Glass Happiness Explain why you think so.

Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R. McColl Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Clarify words and ideas in sentences, paragraphs, and passages. Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others Essential Question: How can we clarify a word or part of the story that we don’t know or understand?

Vocabulary Partner A, check 1-4 Partner B, check 5-8

shift Time one is at work My dad works an eight hour shift at his office

fortunately luckily Even though I hadn’t practiced, fortunately I did well at the track meet.

rotate Spin, turn When the wheels rotate, the car goes forward.

trudged Walked slowly and sadly Jack trudged to the principal’s office, knowing he was in trouble.

boarded Climbed on, as a bus or plane Martina boarded the plane ten minutes before it took off.

ignore Pay no attention to Joanne tried to ignore her little brother so he’d go away.

battling fighting The squirrels were battling over the last acorn under the tree.

mentioned Spoke about, referred to The movie star mentioned her parents in her speech.

Listening Comprehension What happened yesterday in Tim’s Practice? What does Tim do? How does his dad help him? Listen to how I clarify as I read

Walter’s Week Retell what’s happened in Walter’s Week so far Think of a good question you could ask about the story.

Preview Team Talk pg. 12 Team Talk question #2 focuses on our reading goal: Clarifying

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 23 Silent Read- Page 24 and 25 As you read, stop to clarify Also, stop to retell your partner what they read If finished early, reread page 21 or 23 together for fluency practice.

Team Discussion – Help and Encourage Eachother! Clarify sticky words with your team Discuss the team talk questions Write the answers to numbers 2 and 3 ONLY Vocabulary Practice Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not? If finished, practice fluency on page 21

Class Discussion What were some of the words your team clarified? Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not?

Adventures in Writing Page 10

Bad day at a track meet Slipped and fell down a hill Learned that you can’t always win Had to be taken back to school in a van and placed last Slipped and fell down a hill Bad day at a track meet