WordDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4 fair rich absolutely rent rescued vanish

Title: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Author: Judith Viorst Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Identify cause- and-effect connections Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates

What’s the purpose for reading? To be informed To follow directions To be entertained

Team Score Sheets  Who was the winning team this week?  What will your team goal be for this week?

Team Cooperation Goal Everyone Participates What does this mean?

Review Vocabulary with your Partner Day 1 Partner A: 1-4 Partner B: 5-8 -Can you say the word? -Do you know what it means? -Can you use it in a sentence ? Add page numbers to your vocabulary words as you read daily!

fair equal It wasn’t fair that Ernest got a big piece of cake, while Ethan only got a small piece.

rich A lot of money “I am so rich,” said Pete. “I’ve saved all of my allowance for an entire year!”

absolutely definitely Simone promised that she would absolutely remember to pick me up from school.

rent Borrow in exchange for something Pat let Caroline rent his bike for an hour in exchange for a dollar.

rescued saved The firefighters rescued the dog from the fire.

vanish disappear The magician made the rabbit vanish into thin air!

Think About the Following Event: Last night when I was getting ready to go to bed, one of my electrical fuses blew and I had no electricity in my house. It was still out this morning, so my alarm clock didn’t go off. I overslept, and I was late for school. This is actually a series of cause-and-effect connections…. An Electrical Fuse Blew Out The Electricity Was Gone Alarm Clock Didn’t Go Off I Was Late

Jennifer’s Party Jennifer was getting ready for her yearly end-of-school party. She spent all night printing and stamping all of the invitations. Each person in her class was going to get one. Jennifer had to work very quickly to get the invitations ready before she left for school that morning. She was moving so fast that she didn’t notice that she forgot to put a stamp on Michelle’s invitation. One the way to school, Jennifer dropped all of the invitations in the mailbox, including Michelle’s. Over the next few days, all of Jennifer’s classmates started talking about how excited they were about going to the party. By the end of the week, all of Jennifer’s classmates had gotten the invitations, all except for Michelle. Michelle didn’t say anything to Jennifer or anybody else, because she was embarrassed to be the only person left out. On the day of the party, Jennifer happily watched all of her classmates having fun, but she couldn’t help but wonder where Michelle was. Later that afternoon, Jennifer opened her mailbox and saw Michelle’s invitation. It had been returned from the post office marked “No Postage.” Jennifer realized that she had made a terrible mistake. Sometimes one cause can have many effects. See if you can find any cause and effect connections in the following passage:

Listening Comprehension Dinosaurs Before Dark Annie and Jack are in a magical tree house. They get transported back in time to the Cretaceous period and see dinosaurs. As I read I will look for cause and effect connections. Pgs

Now let’s look at your book Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday By Judith Vorst This story is about a boy who is not responsible with his money. Think: What is a way that you can be responsible with your money?

Preview Team Talk pg. 21 Team Talk question #4 focuses on our reading goal: Cause and Effectr

Partner Reading Reading PartnerListening Partner 1. Read a section2. Listen 3. Retell what the section was about 5. Listen 6. Retell what the section was about 4. Read next section Clarify! Ask questions!

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 70 and 71 -As you read, stop to clarify -Retell what your partner read about -Ask questions and write them on your checklist Silently Read – Page 72 Practice fluency on page 48 and 49 if finished early

Team Discussion  Clarify sticky words with your team 1.You MUST have AT LEAST one clarification Share your two best questions  Discuss the team talk questions  Write your answers to # 1 and 2

Team Discussion Vocabulary Practice: page 21 If finished, practice fluency on page 70

Class Discussion What was something you clarified? What were your 2 best questions? Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions