The Tiger Rising (4.0) Themes: Skills/Strategies Animals in our Lives Coming of Age Moving to a New Place Dealing with Grief and Loss Skills/Strategies Set a Purpose Summarize Vocabulary Development Cause and Effect Identify Main Idea and Details

The Tiger Rising Meeting 1 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 1-4 Today’s Purpose: To understand how Rob deals with things that bother him Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect Vocabulary: pacing, chapel, ignorant, whittle

The Tiger Rising Meeting 2 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 5-7 Today’s Purpose: To discover what Rob and Sistine have in common Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary: medicine, contagious, thrill, policy, realized

The Tiger Rising Meeting 3 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 8-11 Today’s Purpose: To understand how Rob deals with things that bother him Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect Vocabulary: shrugged, desperate, capable

The Tiger Rising Meeting 4 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 12-14 Today’s Purpose: To understand how Sistine begins to challenge Rob to change Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary: sculptor, defiant, gasps, ignored, fiercely

The Tiger Rising Meeting 5 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 15-17 Today’s Purpose: To learn about what happened to Willie May’s pet parakeet Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect Vocabulary: forbidden, constellation

The Tiger Rising Meeting 6 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 18-20 Today’s Purpose: To find out why Sistine wants to free the tiger – and why Rob does not Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary: maintenance, options, trembling, mocking

The Tiger Rising Meeting 7 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 21-23 Today’s Purpose: To find out what advice Willie May gives Sistine Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect Vocabulary: advice, prophetess, soothes

The Tiger Rising Meeting 8 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 24-26 Today’s Purpose: To discover what makes Rob change his mind about freeing the tiger Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary: disapproval, conjured

The Tiger Rising Meeting 9 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapters 27-29 Today’s Purpose: To find out what happens to the tiger and why Rob is affected the way he is Strategy: Identify Cause and Effect Vocabulary: gratitude, emancipators, explosive, warrior, marveled

The Tiger Rising Meeting 10 Purpose for Reading the Book: To understand the effect that the tiger and Sistine Bailey each have on Rob Today’s Reading: The Tiger Rising Chapter 30 Today’s Purpose: To find out what Rob dreams about and what it might mean to him

The Tiger Rising Meeting 11 Today’s Reading: An informational article about the fate of zoo elephants Today’s Purpose: To understand and identify the main idea and important details of an article in order to present information to others Strategy: Identifying Main Idea and Details