SFA Monday

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

Title: Grace and the Time Machine Reading Goal: Characterization Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates Genre : Play Author: Mary Hoffman

Sometimes I try to write with my right hand instead of my left, and my writing feels very awkward. awkward: Strange

Grandma says Grandpa is not very helpful around the house, and when she has work to do, she sends him to the store. helpful: useful

Crossing the street without looking both ways first is very dangerous. dangerous:Not safe

Thomas Edison is famous for inventing many things, including the light bulb. inventing:creating

My cat likes to prowl around the yard, trying to catch birds prowl: stalk

Jerome made a heavenly painting of flowers in bright sunshine. heavenly:lovely

Reading Goal: Characterization The words an author uses to tell the reader about the character. Example: Sarah got sent to Mr. Worthman everyday. What do we know about Sarah? Sarah gets into a lot of trouble.

Reading Goal: Characterization What kind of person: Uses kind words Shares their toys Helps others What kind of person: Takes other peoples things Uses mean words Helps only themselves Nice Respectful Mean Disrespectful

On the way to the bus stop before school, Barry found a moth struggling in a puddle of water on the sidewalk. He picked it up and put it in the dry grass, in the parking lot at school he saw a worm baking in the sun, and he carried it over the bushes, where it quickly dug into the soil. In homeroom Barry was on the Pet Patrol. He cleaned the hamster cage the turtle tank, the fish bowl and the bird cage two times a week. At lunchtime, Barry stopped some boys who were going to step on a spider. Barry picked the spider up with a piece of paper and carried it outside and let it go. At home Barry had a cage full of mice he caught in the kitchen with a clever trap. He had stopped his mother from using mouse poison on them. He also had a jar full of spiders he had rescued from the bathtub.

Pages TE p. 290 Pages 61-72

Let’s predict Page 193 TE P. 290

Team Talk Let’s preview the questions on page 73 of your treasure hunt.

Partner Read 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Partner Read p. A:194-B:195 Restate page B:194 and A:195 Read Silently: Page Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Team Discussion Pass out Team Discussion Cards Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 1 and 3

Class Discussion What are some of the words you clarified? Answer questions 1-4

Adventures in Writing 15 min Treasure hunt page 73 Discuss with your table first.

Vocabulary Practice Treasure Hunt Page 73

Fluency 5 min Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6